Being there . . . . when “neutral” Spain intervened in the Second World War by tossing ComradeHitler its best military unit, hundreds of Spanish troops loyal to the Third Reich from theinfamous “Blue Division”, to assist in the bloody defense of Berlin during late April of 1945.Although it is true this was the main …
Being there . . . . to experience how harsh World War II was in Russia. The year 1941 saw theentire western portion of that country overrun by the Nazis. From the region of the Volgawestward, almost every thing was destroyed. By 1945, not a house was left standing betweenthe western borders of the country …
Red Army Weapons of the Second World War; Lady Death; A Prisoner of Stalin Read More »
Being there . . . . if from childhood you have been possessed with an instinctive, voracious needto read . . . if somehow you intuited the power of books, already collecting favorites to be readyears later when more mature . . . . books you’ve yearned to share with your future children,books you’d love …
The Leader’s Bookshelf; America’s First General Staff Read More »
There . . . . squarely, intellectually, emotionally in America’s saddest war – – her own, whenbrother sought to kill brother, grandfathers, and fathers their sons, sons their fathers andgrandfathers. Today, being there, meet Ulysses S. Grant, who, most of his troops openlydeclared nearing the end of the Secession Effort in 1865, was, “A fool …
There . . . . squarely, intelligently, and emotionally in the carnage of brother killing brother, anonpareil young America hell-bent on suicide during a five-year angry hissy fit called“The war between the states”. For this reviewer, initiating a brother-column to his tri-weeklyWorld War II effort (“Being there . . .”), no better writer than Shelby …
Being there . . . . if you adhere to the concluding remarks of Brad Darrach, Time Magazine’sCinema Reviewer, in a superlative 20 September 1963 cover story, “Cinema as an InternationalArt”, reminding us, “Since Edison cranked up his Kinetograph and recorded Fred Ott’s Sneeze,the way continues to lie open to a free exploration of the …
From the Battlefield to the Big Screen, Summer Movies, Danger on the Silver Screen Read More »
Being there . . . . if you’ve never boarded one of our USN’s fast-attack submarines, i.e, a SeawolfClass (SSN – 21) or Virginia Class (SSN – 774). Not to fret! Schiffer MILITARY Publishing, Ltd.(Who else?) will escort you through one of the truly extraordinary pictorial historical tours ofyour life! Ah, that is if you …
Being there . . . . in a few weeks for the celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 214 th birthday, bornFebruary 12, 1809, if you’ve believed in and loved the man so many millions have since thattragic Good Friday, 14 April 1865. William Howard Taft, having been elected the 27 th presidentof the United States only …
Being there . . . . for the fateful action of 12 November 1944 when 32 RAF Lancasters sunk thepride of Hitler’s navy, after the loss of Bismarck in May of 1941, the massive 51,000-tonGerman battleship TIRPITZ off Haakoy Island in Tromso Fiord on the northern Norway coast.Despite near perfect weather, no German fighters appeared. …
Being there . . . . . when sports in Hitler’s Germany served a double purpose – – to establish the healthiest and most robust people in Europe, while simultaneously spawning superb athletes to shine in competition against rivals in order to soon lead illimitable numbers of youthful Germans as obedient and merciless warriors against …
Title: Sport and the Third Reich, Volumes 1 and 2 Read More »
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