World War II History

[Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] This is one of the surviving towers in Vienna. You can clearly see how massive these buildings were.   The main function of the towers was less shooting down Allied bombers, although that was important, but more to put up such a mass of anti-aircraft fire as to hinder bombing attacks on [...]

WWII Events Today, August 31 Audio Clip: BBC reports on children being evacuated from London (1939-09-01). Aug 31, 1936 US Neutrality Bill, no shipping to combatant nations. “Schools, not battleships.” Aug 31, 1938 Churchill suggests alliance with US and USSR over Sudeten. Aug 31, 1939 The British fleet was mobilized. Aug 31, 1939 In London, [...]

[Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] It seems odd that in the middle of total war between the Allies and Nazi Germany, that such formalities as exchanging badly wounded prisoners-of-war were not only negotiated but carried out. British Merchant Marine officer Peter Guy, cited in Convoy: Merchant Sailors At War 1939-1945 by P. Kaplan and J. Currie (4 [...]