More World War II Numbers
World War II ended with the Japanese surrender on September 2nd, 1945. That made it six years and a day long. It involved sixty nations …
World War II ended with the Japanese surrender on September 2nd, 1945. That made it six years and a day long. It involved sixty nations …
The conference at Yalta was a chance for the inheritors of power after World War II to decide how to govern. It was obviously one …
When Paris was liberated it was a broken city. No gas, no power, no light, streets filled with thieves. There was a soap and …
More than 1000 V-1 and V-2 Rockets would landed on British soil. The V-2 almost exclusively impacted in London and on the Belgian capitol. …
Jean De Lattre De Tasingny, French General of the 1st Army 82nd Airborne Division and French Resistance Fighters in France in 1944 The …
The French relied on America for logistical support after the Normandy invasion. From pork free rations for Muslim soldiers to French-English dictionaries. Americans were bringing …
The Schü-mine 42 (Shoe-mine), or Schützenmine 42, was a German manufactured anti-personnel mine used during World War II. It was a wooden box with a …
The Allied casualties in the Italian campaign was 312,000 after 6088 days of fighting. Of those casualties, 23,501 were killed. German loses were put …
Smallpox ravaged Colonial America. Half of the 10,000 continental soldiers fell ill with it. And it decimated Native American populations. John Adams wrote, “The smallpox …
Why Combat Boots? Natalie Hayes Writer’s comment: My roommates, Deborah and Mondana, asked why I would write an essay on combat boots. I am not …
Found This Amazing Lecture About The Culture of Army Boots. Read More »
From “The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy Book 2)” by Rick Atkinson. “Another …
One of the ideas for keeping Operation Overlord a secret even during the invasion was to have paratroopers communicate with clicker, so Germans would not …
This is sold out but amazingly these are still around. I found these on International Military Antiques, wherever found many wonders. These were improved …
From Rick Atkinson’s Day of Battle. “Ships wallowed like treasure laden galleons on the Spanish Main. The American convoys alone carried more than …
A picture has popped-up online showing the latest variant of the Army’s M1 Abrams tank with what appears to be a new armor package …
Daily requirements for each soldier who invaded Normandy: 33.3 pounds of gas, and oil, grease and airplane fuel. Each man needed 8 pounds of ammunition …
The Red Ball Express. Provisioning The Army. And More Amazing Numbers Read More »