By Todd Hubert April 2016 At 0445 hours on the morning of September 1, 1939, German divisions supported by tactical aircraft and mobile armor poured
Tag: Historical musings
Gerhard Weinberg Comments on Italian Inaction in North Africa
Snarky Historian of the Day goes to Gerhard Weinberg and this snippet from his venerable tome “A World at War:” “The Italians had halted after
Paranoia Agent and Japan’s Role in the War: Responsibility vs Victim-hood
Presenting another part of my thesis, Echoes on Celluloid: The Historical Memory of WWII as Seen Through Japanese Anime. The chapter posted below is an
A Student Comments on the Zapruder Film
After viewing the film, one of my students reflects: “That’s what love will get you, Miss – a lap full of brains.”
Dear Mom: Granddaddy Bill Tries His Hand at Poetry
Found scribbled on the back of a memo was this amusing little verse. An internet search turned up no other versions of it, so perhaps
Organized Crime in Dallas, Texas, and the Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
New research on how Jack Ruby, the murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald, was intimately tied to Dallas Organized Crime.
