Thoughts on WWII » Archive for January 2010
Review: “Tears in the Darkness” The Story of the Bataan Death March and its Aftermath.
The first thing that I can say about this book is WOW! This is a book that I will read again. It was a story, a visual experience, and a historical experience. My hats off to the authors Michael and Elizabeth Norman for a well researched, well documented, and well written narrative that had me smiling at times, angry at times, and teary eyed at times. But most of all this book opened my mind to the horrors that our POW soldiers endured in the Pacific Theater of Operations. I am the first to admit that I am not an expert on WWII, especially the Pacific Theater, but I am a enthusiast that wants to learn as much as possible. I thought I already knew quite a bit about the war … Read entire article »
Filed under: Army, Book, Pacific Theater, Review
60th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
We are in the midst of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge and I would be ashamed of myself if I didn’t post some comments. The Battle of the Bulge is the more common name given to this offensive by us Americans but the official name of the operation was Wacht am Rhein (Watch on the Rhein) by the Germans. This was Hitler’s last chance of the war to “save some face.” I don’t believe anything the Germans could have done at this point would have won the war for them; they had been fighting too long on too many fronts to have the manpower and resources needed to beat the Allies. One of Hitler’s objectives of this operation was to try and split the Allied command and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Army, Battle of the Bulge, European Theater (ETO), Germany
