World War II History

Steven Terjeson | March 12, 2010

Below is a sampling of some of the images in our Franklin D. Roosevelt photo gallery.

See more FDR photos.

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Steven Terjeson | September 22, 2009

8 New B-29 Superfortress photos added to the WWII History Image Gallery! Check them out…

B-29’s dropping bombs.

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Steven Terjeson | May 12, 2009

PBS Special – WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West.
The six-hour series airs Wednesdays, May 6-20, 2009, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET, on PBS (check local listings).

This is an excellently portrayed and dramatized series which covers the Allied leadership in its intricacies throughout World War II. The PBS website has some great resources and [...]

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Steven Terjeson | February 5, 2009

Review: Hitler’s Great Panzer Heist: Germany’s Foreign Armor in Action, 1939-45

How Hitler Inherited His Tank Army
It is widely known that the German panzer corps were one of Hitler’s most formidable weapons during his conquest of Europe. What is not well known is that more than 25% of German tanks used were not actually German [...]

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Steven Terjeson | November 14, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 14
1940 – During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked.
German bombers devastate the English city of Coventry, demolishing tens of thousands of buildings and killing hundreds of men, women, and children. [...]

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Steven Terjeson | May 8, 2008

Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 8
1943 – The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
1945 – U.S. President Harry Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe. He warned that victory “is but half won.” V-E Day is celebrated in American and Britain

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