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Tag Archives: WWII
1923: The Nazi Beer Hall Putsch
The world never learns…is what I am concluding because on this day a century ago, Hitler and 2000 of his Nazi goons tried to overthrow Munich’s government. They reasoned if this succeeded, then a popular uprising against the Weimar Republic … Continue reading
The Good Shepherd
Robert DeNiro’s demonstration that he can direct a story-by-numbers via this incredibly inaccurate yet fictional story on the CIA’s infancy. Being a fanatic of History, a stickler for accuracy and having an above average knowledge (for an American) of America’s … Continue reading
Oppenheimer: Worth Seeing despite its duration
Before you ask, no, I didn’t do the double feature crap. I’m sure Barbie is a good movie but I tend to avoid bullshit, moron trends I find shallow such as people pouring ice water on each other thinking it … Continue reading
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Tagged Fifties, Forties, Nuclear War, WWII
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Operation Mincemeat
Thanks to the wonderful hosts of Stuff You Missed in History Class, I already knew the underlying premise to this movie about a real deception pulled off by the UK’s Military Intelligence. Mincemeat does change a couple of little things I’ll get … Continue reading
1942: The Battle of Midway begins
Eighty years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy took the bait and advanced to attack the US outpost on Midway. With the Allies’ (the Aussies chipped in) success at sinking four enemy carriers, the outcome of WWII was now set into … Continue reading
1942: SS Virginia sunk in Mississippi River by Germans
Rather odd how this little incident is often never mentioned in our History text books. It demonstrates how unprepared and vulnerable the US was on the Gulf Coast. To be fair, the headline didn’t have enough space to state it … Continue reading
1922: USS Langley commissioned, the first US aircraft carrier
It’s a good thing the US finally got rolling on the shape of things to come even though other parts of the War Department, White House and Congress were getting pissed off at General Billy Mitchell (father of the US … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Naval Warfare, Opinion, WWII
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1941: Pearl Harbor Part Two, dispelling the myths
I think I can thank Qanonsense for the lessening of the lies perpetuated about the attack on Pearl Harbor I’ve heard for years. The biggest one is often, FDR made it happened. Nothing could be further from the truth. The … Continue reading
1941: Pearl Harbor attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy
One thing I’m glad to reflect on with this horrendous event is that after 80 years, the peoples of Japan and the United States have evolved into being friends. The brutal battles which followed for the next three years were … Continue reading
Italian #58: Oriana Fallaci
Oriana was primarily a journalist who was famous for getting some really spectacular interviews, experiencing some History firsthand and writing numerous books which allows me to give her the final author slot for this month. Her life was also a series … Continue reading
Nein! (German D’oh!)
Dave Attell once said he never wanted to take up jogging because joggers are always the ones who find the dead bodies. Well, this German jogger thought they found a dud grenade from WWII in a bag. The police-bomb squad … Continue reading
Greyhound
It has been a while since I wrote about a movie or two. That doesn’t mean I stopped watching them…I’ve slowed as I’m binge watching a slew of animated shows, plus staying on top of Lovecraft Country. Here’s the one … Continue reading
1945: Victory in Europe Day
The Nazis unconditionally surrendered 75 years ago today. One horror show was ending, another would be done in a few months and then the Cold War, which almost bankrupted the West if the Soviets weren’t so bad at Math. It’s … Continue reading
RIP Robert Conrad
When I was growing up, Robert was the star of a short-lived WWII show called Black Sheep Squadron. It was loosely based upon the memoirs of Pappy Boyington, a fighter pilot in command of a Marine base. He was also pretty … Continue reading
1944: D-Day 75th Anniversary
On this day, thousands gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy and the fields of rural France to continue liberating Europe from the Nazis and their allies. I’m glad that NPR mentioned the other three code-named landing sites our … Continue reading