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To people back home, V-J Day meant that fathers, sons, brothers, and uncles would finally be returning home. American troops around the world dreaded the prospect of invading the Japanese homeland, especially when the end of the war in Europe…
Life Magazine‘s “World War II Erupts: Color Photos from the Invasion of Poland, 1939” hints at the diplomatic charade that preceded the outbreak of World War II: On September 1, 1939, one week after Nazi Germany and…
Belligerent countries don’t always like the public relations problems that come with naked aggression, so they’ll contrive an incident and stage a false attack by an adversary. In the Ukraine these days, it’s not always clear (despite…
The German public broadcasting miniseries Generation War recounts the story of five friends who meet again in 1941 before World War II sends them in different directions on the Eastern Front. The three 90-minute films stand out for the realistic…
The “advanced welfare states of western Europe” can still put on a nostalgic front for tourists, warns US sociologist Charles Murray, but the moral compass of the Continent has eroded almost beyond repair. For…
We are routinely shown photos in the media of Obama as father. Often he is shown holding hands with his daughters as they embark on yet another vacation. But more recently he has helped father another spawn, the Islamic State.…
by Duke Doering Governor George Mickelson and the Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Harold Sykora held a joint press conference in Pierre, SD on August 24, 1990. The purpose was to announce that the 57th Transportation Detachment, the…
Mainstream media has the power to go beyond just reporting the news. Public opinion is shaped and galvanized. Yes, politicians are part of the public, watching the same coverage night after night. Polls determine campaign strategies and rhetoric. …
You are also invited to hear the US Army’s 9th Armored Division soldier Paul Priest and military historian LTC George Larson (USAF ret) present to the Black Hills Veterans Writing Group on Saturday, November 8 at the Western Dakota Technical…
by Dean Muehlberg Our country is now the theater of the absurd. The people in Ferguson, MO want the county prosecutor to recuse for possible conflict of interest for something back in the sixties. Meanwhile, the chief…