Letters from a Kentucky World War II soldier illuminate life at war
Larry Simon survived enemy fire and weeks in a fox hole. He also took beautiful pictures while fighting for the U.S. in Europe in World War II.
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Larry Simon survived enemy fire and weeks in a fox hole. He also took beautiful pictures while fighting for the U.S. in Europe in World War II.
Grigory Kulik was a brilliant artillery commander, however, when he was entrusted with leading entire armies, it turned into a disaster for him.
Hitler thought he knew better than the generals. Here's What You Need to Remember: In the final analysis, Hitler would have done well to heed Guderian’s advice to commit the Sixth Panzer Army to the defense of the Oder line to slow the Russian advance on Berlin. Georg Maier, deputy chief of staff for operations for the Sixth Panzer Army, offered a fitting summation of the failed offensive. “Time, pressure, poor weather, extremely difficult terrain conditions, [and] Hitler’s impatience joined forces with the well-prepared enemy defense to form a combined front,” he wrote. Even in the ...