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Why Were Germany’s Blitzkrieg Tactics So Effective in WWII?
French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing ...
The National Interest on MSN10d
“The Night Witches”: The Soviet Air Force’s Deadliest Female Bomber Pilots
To answer that question, we turn to former Sunday Times of London journalist Russell Miller in his 1984 book The Soviet Air ...
The Herald7d
Forgotten heroes: How African soldiers fought in World War II
When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...
EL PAÍS English2d
The drums of war are beating louder in eastern Germany: ‘Here, we still remember what Germany owes to Russia’
Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel7d
Peter Sichel, the ‘Jewish James Bond,’ Passes Away
“After Germany surrendered, Mr. Sichel became the O.S.S. station chief in postwar Berlin,” wrote Asimov. “He was 23 and known ...
The awful truth about Vladimir Putin's mother and how her brush with the most gruesome of deaths made him so barbaric
Some noticed just how light these corpses, ravaged by hunger, were as they loaded them on sleds and dragged them along the ...
Volkswagen welcomes weapons opportunity
All options are on the table, Oliver Blume said, after the EU announced a massive boost to defense spending Read Full Article ...
Military.com14d
Beyond 'Warfare': A Guide to A24's War Movies
Since its founding in 2012, entertainment company A24 has produced emotionally deep films that tell unique stories with distinctively different styles.
Wall Street Journal20d
A Brief History of the Soviet Deserters Who Aided Hitler
Gary Saul Morson speculates that “Hitler might well have won [his war against the Soviet Union ... hundreds of thousands of foreigners served in the Wehrmacht, most famously the Vlasov Army.