The German soldiers of World War II have often been portrayed, both during the war and in the decades since, as simple-minded, unimaginative and brutish.
Category: History
Before Columbus: How Africans Brought Civilization to America
On Monday [October 13 2014], America’s government offices, businesses, and banks all grind to a halt in order to commemorate Columbus Day. In schools up
Demystifying Myths of the Six-Day War
The war that Israel initiated in June of 1967 became the stuff of myths and legends on many levels. Now, after fifty one years it
History of World War II: Conduct of Hitler’s “Operation Barbarossa” against Russia
The method of warfare fought by Hitler’s forces in the Soviet Union would, before long, come back to haunt them. By pursuing a conflict in
History of World War II: Did Mussolini’s Fate Prompt Hitler to Kill Himself?
With Allied armies pushing ever northwards through the “tough old gut” of Italy, and German forces pulling out, Benito Mussolini took a long look at
War Very Rarely Unfolds as Planned. The Soviet-Afghan War
The USSR’s Christmas 1979 intervention into Afghanistan was foreseen as a swift, near-costless and necessary conflict. Days after the military move, Soviet president Leonid Brezhnev
The Fall of Mussolini: The Dictator, Who Vainly Believed in Hitler’s “Miracle Weapon”
About 75 years ago in Italy the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini fell, leaving an imprint on the fate of this country and partly the
The Significance of the Tet Offensive
Fifty years ago the world received a lesson in the revolutionary power of protracted people’s war when some 84,000 Vietnamese communist peasants stunned the world’s
