World War 2

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• 10/15/19
  

  Love in Post World War II Paris

  by Bruce Chadwick

  An American in Paris is a complicated story of a man who loves a woman.

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• ‘Return to the Reich’ Review: Refugee Redux

  The true story of a Jewish boy from Freiburg who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/10/12
  

  Trump Says the Kurds ‘Didn’t Help’ at Normandy. Here’s the History.

  Kurds may not have been present at the D-Day landings, but there is evidence some fought for the Allies during World War II.

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• 10/13/19
  

  International Resistance in World War 2 Europe

  by Olivier Wieviorka

  While national histories of wartime resistance are plentiful, the European dimension of the shadow army has rarely been taken into account.

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• 10/13/19
  

  The Moral Compass of America’s Most Distinguished Soldier and Statesman

  by James Thornton Harris

  George Marshall’s honesty and modesty were a key to his success.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/14/19
  

  There Are No Nostalgic Nazi Memorials

  by Susan Neiman

  Americans could learn from how drastically German society has moved away from the nadir of its history.

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• SOURCE: Time
  9/3/19
  

  World War II Launched a New Age of Global Power. 80 Years After the War Began, That Era Is Ending

  by David Kaiser

  The world order created after World War II has begun to collapse. 

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• 9/8/19
  

  1933 May Be Closer than We Think

  by Frank Domurad

  Increasing cultural, social and political continuities between Weimar and America should give us serious concern in assessing the fate of these two democracies as part of an analogous historical phenomenon.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  9/1/19
  

  In Poland, Where History Is a Weapon, Leaders Commemorate World War II

  The event served to underscore the divisions in Europe and within Poland itself.

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• SOURCE: Arc Digital
  8/28/19
  

  World War II Didn’t Begin in 1939. It Began in 1936 — In Spain.

  by Paul Richard Huard

  Revisiting world history might be one way to break Spain’s national silence about its civil war.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  8/25/19
  

  The Weaponization of History

  by Wilfred M. McClay

  Ignorantly invoking slavery or the Holocaust is an affront to those who seriously study the past.

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• 8/28/19
  

  The Rabbi, the Telegram, and the Holocaust

  by Rafael Medoff

  Seventy-seven years ago today, a telegram bearing a horrifying and unforgettable message reached America’s foremost Jewish leader. It revealed the first comprehensive details about the systematic mass murder that would come to be known as the Holocaust

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• SOURCE: AP
  8/25/19
  

  Paris celebrates its liberation from Nazis, 75 years on

  Paris celebrated the American soldiers, French Resistance fighters and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years ago on Sunday, unleashing an eruption of kissing, dancing, tears and gratitude.

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• 8/25/19
  

  World War II – the first great ‘food war’

  by Julian Cribb

  It is an oft-overlooked fact of history that World War II was originally fought chiefly over food and the means to produce it.

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• 8/25/19
  

  Devil's Bargain: The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 80 Years Later

  by David Carlin

  Eighty years ago, two dictators agreed to divide up Eastern Europe. Their agreement would change the lives of millions.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/15/19
  

  The Forgotten Story of Operation Anvil

  by Cameron Zinsou

  In August 1944, the United States executed a gigantic assault on southern France. Why does no one remember it?

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  8/19/19
  

  New Documents Show Japan's Wartime Emperor Showed Remorse Over Nanjing Massacre

  The notes, taken by former Imperial Household Agency chief Michiji Tajima, were released Monday by public broadcaster NHK, which aired a documentary on the subject Saturday.

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• 8/18/19
  

  “This letter is the last that I write to you:" The Courage of Youth Resisters in World War 2 France

  by Ronald C. Rosbottom

  Young people's impatience, their perceptive view of a better tomorrow, their faith in the power of solidarity, and their energetic fearlessness reminds us adults that change is possible. 

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• 8/6/19
  

  Samantha Smith's Dream of Peace and Nuclear Disarmament

  by William Lambers

  Samantha Smith taught us your voice matters and you can make a difference in ridding the world of nuclear weapons and achieving peace for all. 

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• 8/4/19
  

  “Mr. Straight Arrow,” John Hersey, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb

  by D. M. Giangreco

  What recent histories getsright--and wrong--about Harry S. Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.