world war ii
I have a review of Vincent O'Hara's Struggle for the Middle Sea up at ID.
This is kind of interesting; the argument is that FDR may have been suffering from cancer during the 1944 Presidential campaign. The evidence of illness, they suggest, was covered up.
MRG forwarded me this piece this morning. I had seen it previously and intended to refrain from comment, but... you know. In general, it's best not to get one's defense.
Apparently there is still some controversy. The standard story is this; a flight of torpedo bombers approached the Japanese task force, and was massacred by Japanese combat air patrol. That.
Cool.The significance of the flight is best illustrated by the records that were set by Ford and his crew. It was the first round-the-world flight by a commercial airliner, as.
Does anyone out there interpret Downfall in the same way as Ron Rosenbaum?This has always been my problem with films like the German-made Downfall, which while initially being taken seriously.
Kingdaddy visited the WWII Memorial, and wasn't impressed. Here were my thoughts.Forthcoming is a post about my visit to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, which is awesome....
John Quiggin, riffing off this Edward Lengel column, suggests that the respective experiences of Europe and the United States in World War I may explain cultural differences on the use.