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World War II Articles, Essays
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The Limping Lady
Source: Cate Lineberry, Smithsonian Magazine
E-mail: marieroney@yahoo.com
- The intriguing and unexpected true story of America's most heroic and dangerous female spy
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World War 2 Family History
Source: WikiTree
- Tips on using US government resources to find information about your family member's involvement in the war.
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Table of Army units and sizes
Source: Phil's WWII Pages
- A handy table of sizes and relationships between Army units, e.g. corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons.
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Citizen Soldiers: Jerks, Sad Sacks, Profiteers, and Jim Crow
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Stephen Ambrose describes some of the sordid characters of the U.S. Army in World War II -- the chickenshit jerks, the profiteers, and the racist Jim Crows.
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Expanding the Beachhead
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- In this selection from his book "Citizen Soldiers," Stephen Ambrose reports on the critical days after D-Day -- June 7 to June 30 -- when the Allies fought to expand their beachhead one foot at a time.
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Band of Brothers: The Island (Holland, Oct. 2 - Nov. 25, 1944)
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Stephen Ambrose tells the story of the heroic paratroopers of Easy Company in Holland, including how they routed two full companies of Germans and their night rescue of British paratroopers.
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Pointe-Du-Hoc
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Point-Du-Hoc looks down on Utah Beach on one side and Omaha Beach on the other. In this selection from "The Victors," Ambrose recounts how Rangers were able to scale the 100-meter-high cliff at Pointe-Du-Hoc and knock out the German's deadly 155mm cannons.
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America's Elite Troops in World War II
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Patrick K. O'Donnell
- An introduction to the Airborne, Gliders, Rangers, and 1st Special Service Force.
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Codebreaking and the Battle of Midway
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Stephen Budiansky
- How codebreaking enabled the decisive American victory at Midway -- the dramatic battle that halted Japanese expansion in its tracks and changed the path of history.
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The Cold War
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Derek Leebaert
- The Cold War did not metastasize overnight sometime during 1946 or 1947. It was brought about by the ghosts of the world wars. In this excerpt from his book on the subject, Derek Leebaert sets the stage for the Cold War by discussing America and American attitudes in 1945.
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American Nurses in the Philippines
Source: WorldWar2History.info
Author: Elizabeth M. Norman
- What was it like to be a nurse on December 8, 1941 in the Philippines -- the day the Japanese began their attack?
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