World War II History

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 [...]

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Tags: archives, Army Group, Battle of Berlin, Battle of Kursk, Battle of Stalingrad, History, Kursk, Russia, Seelow, Soviet, Soviets, Stalingrad, Tank, Twentieth Century, Wars and Conflicts, Website, World War II, Zhukov

Steven Terjeson | July 10, 2009

7 Excellent Open Courseware Collections for History Buffs
Learning about history is mostly book learning. While it is true that a classroom setting allows you to debate with others the causes and ramifications of certain historical events, much of the study of history is just in learning what happened. Open courseware collections are perfect [...]

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Tags: Art, college, education, Guest, History, university

Steven Terjeson | June 9, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 9
9 Jun 1940 – Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.
9 Jun 1944 – The Russian Army invaded Karelian Isthmus in Finland. Russia was fighting to gain back territory that had been ceded to it under the terms of the Treaty of Moscow of [...]

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Tags: Finland, German, History, minelayers, Moscow, Nazi, Norway, Photo, Russia, Soviet Union

Steven Terjeson | January 5, 2009

Review – Finding Granddad’s War
Grandson Researches Grandfather’s WWII History
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It is very fitting that Ancestry Publishing (Ancestry.com) was the publisher for Jeffrey Badgers Finding Granddad’s War. As it’s title states, this book details the research methods and the travels of a young man in search of the history of a grandfather he never knew.
Jeffrey [...]

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Tags: Ancestry, Book, Grandfather, History, Review, WWII

Steven Terjeson | October 27, 2008

Review of A Short History of the United States
a publication by Robert Rimini
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A Short History of the United States is the quintesential quick review of US history. Robert Rimini does a great job of compiling this work and packing almost 1000 years of history [...]

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Tags: Book, History, Media, Non Fiction, Review, Rimini, United States

Steven Terjeson | September 11, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 11
1940 – Adolf Hitler sent German army and air force reinforcements to Romania to protect oil reserves and to prepare for an Eastern European base for attacks against the Soviet Union.
1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave orders to attack any German or [...]

Category: Country - Germany, Europe Theater, Today | No Comments »
Tags: 1st Army, Germany, History, Lindbergh, Romania, Roosevelt

Steven Terjeson | September 1, 2008

Today in WW II History
**World War II Begins**
World War II History for September 1
1939 – World War II began when Germany invaded Poland.
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun.
The German [...]

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Tags: Germany, History, Japan, Poland, Surrender, WWarII, WWII

Steven Terjeson | August 29, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 29,
1942 – Red Cross announces Japan refuses passage of supplies for U.S. POWs
On this day in 1942, the international humanitarian agency, the Red Cross, reveals that Japan has refused free passage of ships carrying food, medicine, and other necessities for American POWs held by [...]

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Tags: Audio, France, History, Japanese, MacArthur, Paris, Podcast, Red Cross, WW II

Steven Terjeson | August 28, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 28
1941 – In occupied Ukraine, more than 23,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered by the Gestapo.
The German invasion of the Soviet Union had advanced to the point of mass air raids on Moscow and the occupation of parts of Ukraine. On August 26, Hitler displayed [...]

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Tags: Audio, History, Holocaust, Hungary, Jews, Podcast, SS, Today, Ukraine, WW II, WW2, WWII

Steven Terjeson | August 26, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 26
1934 – Adolf Hitler demanded that France turn over their Saar region to Germany.
1944 – DeGaulle enters a free Paris
On this day in 1944, French General Charles de Gaulle enters Paris, which had formally been liberated the day before. As he entered the Place de [...]

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Tags: de Gaulle, France, History, Hitler, Japanese, Missouri, Today, WW II, WWII