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It is tragic about Filipino civilians in Manila. I still can't believe that the Japanese claim they invaded the Philippines to "liberate" the Filipinos from the Americans and were trying to help them by bringing them into the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere. I have been told that by t...

You certain have read different books than me....August 23??. It was the allied invasion of Sicily that prompted Hitler to cancel Citadel. That is beyond historical dispute. To say that Citadel was over in mid-august is sheer insanity. I've read a half dozen books on the subject and none have...

The German historian has a skewed idea of what he is talking about. It is well documented that Guderian was against attacking Russia. He had mentioned their enormous tank strength in Actung Panzer and to Hitler. Of course he was confident he could take Moscow. That would not have spelled the ...

In general, American POWs were treated correctly by the Germans, and a majority of these POW's were airmen who were carpet bombing German women and children in their cities. Both sides had Malmedy's on their record. In the East, the front line German troops at least took prisoners of war. When ...