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B-29 Commentary

Steven Terjeson | December 30, 2009

Commentary about the B-29 by Ed Hart:
The B-29 was an inflection point in the history of aviation technology, war fighting…and program management. It certainly rivaled the A-Bomb program, and the fact that the two programs came together to end the war is – I think – instructive to all of us. I recently saw a [...]

WWII Reenacting for Women

Erin Booker | December 20, 2009

With an audience as large and diverse as WWarII.com, it’s pretty much a given that some of you readers are reenactors, like me. And if you’ve entered the world of reenacting even a little bit, you’ll notice the lack of a feminine touch. It’s no secret: there are few places for women in WWII reenacting, [...]

Zhukov Archives

Steven Terjeson | December 20, 2009

As a resource no longer available online I have saved the website zhukov.mitsi.com about Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov and the eastern front and made it available on the WWarII archives. Below you will find the table of contents:
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
Site Map
Archives
Russo-Japanese War
Barbarossa
General Winter
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Kursk
The Tide Turns
Assault at Seelow Heights
Battle for Berlin
Soviet [...]

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Steven Terjeson | December 7, 2009

Time line Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
* 0342 Minesweeper CONDOR sights periscope off Honolulu Harbour …notifies patrol destroyer WARD to investigate.
* 0458 Minesweeper CROSSBILL and CONDOR enter Pearl Harbor… defective submarine net remains open.
* 0600 – 200 miles south of Oahu carrier [...]

World War II History for December 2

Steven Terjeson | December 2, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for December 2
12.2.1941 – The Japanese embassy in Washington was ordered to destroy all but its most secret coding facilities. Similar orders went out to Japanese missions in British, Dutch, and Canadian cities, Cuba, the Philippines and the South Pacific.
12.2.1941 Tojo rejects peace feelers from US officials.
12.2.1942 [...]

Grand Opening of the George HW Bush Gallery

Steven Terjeson | December 2, 2009

Grand Opening of the George H.W. Bush Gallery at The National Museum of the Pacific War – Fredericksburg, Texas
President George H.W. Bush, Governor Rick Perry, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and General James T. Conway, USMC, Marine Corps Commandant, will be honored guests at the grand opening on Monday, December 7 (Pearl Harbor Day) of the [...]

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