World War 2

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• SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
  11/16/2020
  

  Can We Hold Trump And His Allies Accountable Without Further Splitting America?

  by Samuel Huneke

  A process of accountability must target official decisionmakers who broke the law, avoid imposing collective guilt on Trump supporters, and above all, not expect quick or complete success. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  11/10/2020
  

  How the World Gave Up on the Stateless (Review)

  Over 10 million people are stateless today, and governments seem hell-bent on increasing their numbers. A new book examines how the rise of modern states created the dire circumstance of statelessness. 

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• 11/8/2020
  

  How Two French Introverts Quietly Fought the Nazis

  by Jeffrey H. Jackson

  Two introverted French Lesbian artists conducted a campaign of subversion against the Nazis occupying the Island of Jersey that a trial judge called "more dangerous than soldiers." A new book explains how.

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• SOURCE: WKRG
  11/4/2020
  

  New Senator Tuberville Seems to Lack Basic Knowledge of World War II

  Newly elected Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville claimed contrary to fact that his father helped liberate Paris from communism in World War II. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  11/2/2020
  

  Searching for Refuge After the Second World War

  New books by David Nasaw and Paul Betts examine the uncertain fate of Jewish Holocaust survivors in postwar Europe, the problem of massive human displacement, and the tension between interpreting Europe's refugee problem in universal terms or focusing on the specific consequences of anti-Jewish policies and prejudice. 

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• 10/25/2020
  

  An Interview with Ian W. Toll, author of "Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945"

  by James Thornton Harris

  "Military histories have tended to take a “stay in your lane” approach, adhering to accounts of battles and operations. I prefer to weave the strands of politics and foreign policy into the fabric of the narrative."

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• 10/18/2020
  

  Where In The World Are You? How My Great-Grandmother’s Letters Helped Me Locate My Great-Uncle after 78 Years

  by Hazel Gaynor

  "Disaster and tragedy are often where we find our strongest bonds, and as we find ourselves separated from family and distanced from loved ones, stories of community and shared hope are, arguably, more important than ever."

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• ‘One Man, and One Man Alone’: Mussolini’s War

  by John Gooch

  Mussolini acted on the spur of the moment, always sensitive to the need to be seen as Hitler’s equal.  Rarely did anyone ever try to talk him out of a chosen course, and when they did so they failed.  You couldn’t reason with him.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/10/2020
  

  A Famed Horror Director Mines Japan’s Real-Life Atrocities

  In a recent interview, Mr. Kurosawa, 65, said he found it hard to understand why Japan’s war crimes remained almost taboo among the country’s filmmakers 75 years after the conflict’s end.

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• 10/18/2020
  

  Fraught Family Reunification After the Holocaust

  by Rebecca Clifford

  "A tenth of Europe's pre-war population of Jewish children survived the Holocaust. Many sought and achieved reunification with their families, but reunification did not usually end the trauma endured by this "fragment of an entire generation."

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• 10/11/2020
  

  Who Owns Churchill?: Three Mythic Configurations

  by Steven Fielding, Bill Schwarz, and Richard Toye

  A new book examines the ways that Winston Churchill's image has been used in British politics, not least by Churchill himself.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/11/2020
  

  The Secret History of America’s Only WWII Refugee Camp

  The response to the settlement of fewer than 1,000 refugees in New York State roused fierce opposition and often ethnic prejudice as the United States was fighting fascism in Europe. 

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• 9/13/2020
  

  Making History with Music

  by Jason Burt

  PFC Richard Burt played the trumpet in a military band tasked with raising morale in the fight to retake the Philippines before a career as a music teacher. His grandson, a history teacher, wants to make him and his bandmates posthumous recording stars.

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• SOURCE: War on the Rocks
  9/11/2020
  

  Many Black World War II Veterans Were Denied Their GI Bill Benefits. Time To Fix That.

  by Robert Levinson

  Fixing the biased legacy of the GI Bill could send a powerful message and, more importantly, actually repair some of the damage caused by racism that still affects black Americans today.

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• SOURCE: War on the Rocks
  9/8/2020
  

  In 2020, Eisenhower is a Lantern in the Dark

  by Derek Chollet

  The opening of a monument to Ike in Washington is occasion to remember his commitment to the idea that American national strength depended on internal harmony and justice. 

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• SOURCE: Yakima (WA) Herald
  9/10/2020
  

  Yakima Sailor's Remains Identified 78 Years After Pearl Harbor Attack

  Advances in DNA testing made it possible to identify the remains of Patrick Chess, unnacounted for and presumed dead in the attack on the USS Oklahoma. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/8/2020
  

  ‘JFK,’ by Fredrik Logevall: An Excerpt

  Read an excerpt from Fredrik Logevall's new biography of John F. Kennedy touching on the collegiate Kennedy's observations of Europe as World War II began.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/8/2020
  

  He Saved Scores of Lives on D-Day. Lawmakers Say He Was Passed Over for the Medal of Honor Because He Was Black

  The late Waverly Woodson is one of an untold number of Black service members passed over for the Medal of Honor whose cases have received renewed attention decades later, as their families and historians try to correct a historical record in which the contributions of Black service members are often left out.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/4/2020
  

  A Secret Diary Chronicled the ‘Satanic World’ That Was Dachau

  For two years, a prisoner in the German concentration camp kept a journal that would later be used to convict those who had persecuted him and killed his fellow prisoners.

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• SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
  9/7/2020
  

  Rosie the Riveters gathered on Labor Day to Honor the Working Women of WWII

  "The Rosies and veterans then told stories from the front lines. One Rosie said she was shocked at the idea of wearing pants to work. A veteran recalled being shot down from the sky in northern Italy and receiving notes from Rosies back home full of profanities toward Hitler."