World War II History

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National Museum of the Pacific War

Steven Terjeson | March 17, 2010

Visiting National Museum of the Pacific War is a rich and rewarding experience that will give anyone a better appreciation for World War II.

Guide to German Soldiers Equipment

Steven Terjeson | September 8, 2009

This reference work is an excellent source as a visual encyclopedia of the German soldiers equipment during World War II.

Review – Fighting for Delphine

Steven Terjeson | March 16, 2009

Review: Finding Fighting for Delphine:
A Soldier’s True Story of Triumph and Tears, memoir of Ken Krueger by Lee Burtman
During World War II millions of young men were uprooted from their daily lives. Many small town boys were suddenly thrown into a massive group of men being trained to fight on foreign soil. Ken Krueger was [...]

Review – Hitlers Great Panzer Heist

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 [...]

Podcast – Review of Valkyrie

Steven Terjeson | January 7, 2009

Review: VALKYRIE
Valkyrie
Starring: Tom Cruise
Release: December 26, 2008
Review of VALKYRIE

 
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United Artists latest feature film, VALKYRIE, starring Tom Cruise, is a vivid drama based on a true story. This film gives an up close and personal view of the conspiracy to assassinate one of history’s most evil dictators, Adolph Hitler.
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Review – Finding Granddads War

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 [...]

Review of VALKYRIE

Steven Terjeson | December 29, 2008

Review of VALKYRIE – 12/12/08
United Artists latest feature film, VALKYRIE, starring Tom Cruise, is a vivid drama based on a true story. This film gives an up close and personal view of the conspiracy to assassinate one of history’s most evil dictators, Adolf Hitler.
Known for his intense action films like Top Gun and the Mission [...]

Review-Coast Watching in WWII

Steven Terjeson | December 4, 2008

This Military Historian Records the Heroic Acts of Unheralded Heroes
Bud Feuer is a pretty prolific military historian, having written more than a dozen military history books. But what makes Feuer stand apart, in my opinion, is his histories of little known, unheralded, unusual military units. A case in point is the Australian coast watchers [...]

Review – Venus Rising

Steven Terjeson | December 2, 2008

Review of Venus Rising
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Venus Rising is a record, not only of historical value, but a personal one of a man’s life in the Navy during World War II.
Harry William Deal put his memories to paper, not for the first time, but a second time more than 60 [...]

A Short History of the United States

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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