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Tag Archives: World War Two
The Trust’s Teacher Institute: The American Way of War
As a precursor for the rest of the conference, where we’ll be spending so much time talking about two different wars, Kris White kicked off the American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute with an overview of “The American Way of War.” … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, American Way of War, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Carl von Clausewitz, Dennis Mahan, George Washington, Kris White, military history, Napoleon, Nathaniel Greene, Revolutionary War, Russell Weigley, Teacher Institute 2018, warfare, World War Two, WWII
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A Son of Farmville, Richmond, and Reflections on Vietnam
I’ve been watching Ken Burns and Lynn Novak’s new Vietnam War documentary and have found it a riveting telling of the story. This afternoon I streamed the last episode (having missed it when it originally aired), and am still processing … Continue reading
Civil War Echoes: Mrs. Longstreet and the B-29
Of all American weapons produced in World War II, including the atomic bomb, the most expensive was the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Developing and producing the plane cost $3 billion and involved a massive industrial undertaking from plants in all regions … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Ties to the War, Weapons
Tagged B-29, Bell Aircraft, Civil War Echoes, Georgia, Helen Longstreet, James Longstreet, Marietta, reunion, Rosie the Riveter, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Air Force, World War II, World War Two
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Shots Heard Round the World
This past weekend marked the 240th anniversary of “the Shot Heard ‘Round the World”—the opening engagement, in Concord, Massachusetts, of what became the American Revolution. There at the North Bridge, on April 19, 1775, colonial militiamen fired on British soldiers … Continue reading
Posted in Revolutionary War
Tagged Concord, Hiroshima, Lexongton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Revolutionary War, World War Two
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Poland 1939 – 75 Years
This day in 1939 (75 years ago), the Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland. When done, the war would redefine the world and still reverberates today. A common misconception about the war’s beginning was the so-called “Polish … Continue reading
