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Countdown to Victory: February 1945
In February 1945, 81 years ago this month, the Allied armies in Europe were poised to achieve a final victory over Nazi Germany. As we discussed in my last blog, the Russian army had made dramatic advances across Poland in January—advancing 400 miles in less than...
Countdown to Victory: January 1945
Surrender to Montgomery, Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, Keitel signs the document of unconditional surrenderIn January 1945, 81 years ago this month, victory in Europe seemed almost within the Allies’ grasp yet remained frustratingly out of reach. Over the next...
So This Is Christmas
Once again, the holidays are upon us. Once again, we can hope and pray for a world filled with peace and goodwill. Once again, I am publishing my Christmas blog which recalls Christmas Day in 1914 when the soldiers stopped killing each other, just for a few hours, and...
The Tide Turns: Stalingrad
Hitler’s Highwater Mark The Battle of Stalingrad is one of three concurrent Allied victories in the winter of 1942 that marked the turning of the tide in World War II, when the military initiative shifted from the Axis powers to the Allies: El Alamein, (October 23rd...
The Tide Turns: Guadalcanal November 1942
The Price of Victory The Battle of Guadalcanal is one of three Allied victories in the winter of 1942 that marked the turning of the tide in World War II, with the military initiative shifting from the Axis powers to the Allies: El Alamein, which turned the tide in...
El Alamein — The End of the Beginning
The second battle of El Alamein was fought from October 23rd to November 11th, 1942, and marked the end of the Afrika Korps’ dominance in north Africa. Indeed, only 6 months later, on May 13th, 1943, the last remnants of the Axis forces in Africa surrendered....
