February 2012
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“The war gave back integrity to this erring and immoral nation. It charged with...”
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Excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s address at the Harvard Commemoration in July, 1865 (via maynrd)
I found this recently and, even though the quote was from the Civil War-era, I thought it was also a nice tribute to the Greatest Generation.
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A conversation with the Art Institute of Chicago
We recently chatted with Erin Hogan, director of public affairs at the Art Institute of Chicago, about their excellent TASS Tumblr blog and WWII-era propaganda in the Soviet Union.
1. Thanks for taking some time to share a little bit about TASS and their WWII-era posters. Can you tell us first a little bit about TASS and the individuals who ran the wartime art program?
TASS was a Soviet...
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White Rose resistance member canonized
Declared a saint, the anti-Hitler activist beheaded by Nazis at age 25
The church canonised Alexander Schmorell for his involvement in the White Rose group, which vented its disgust of Hitler and the Nazi regime by writing pamphlets opposing the regime and condemning the treatment of Soviet citizens under German occupation.
Sainthood given to Nazi Resister
“We will not be silent. We...
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“They all died with the greatest possible violence. Nowhere in the Pacific War...”
– Times reporter Robert Sherrod on Iwo Jima
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The Moral Equivalent to Football →
longformorg:
A former first-string tackle considers the green zone as a war zone:
Just as football has evolved in accordance with the evolving business ethic of American society, so has it evolved in accordance with the changing strategic assumptions about war. The development (or rebirth) of the T-formation in football coincided almost exactly with the development of a new era of mobility...
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History & the Shorty Awards
I feel like the history community on Tumblr should get together and nominate one of our own for this year’s Shorty Awards. Who’s it going to be?
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January 2012
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reparations asked: Ignorance? Who knows. There was one black soldier in the pacific, you see him on screen dead for about 2 seconds when Sledge is crawling up the beach. I'm really bummed about Red Tails, haven't seen it but I'm sure I'm better off.
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US Military's Strategic Plan for Operation... →
Check out a PDF version of the eventually scuttled Allied plan to invade Japan. The document starts with…
The following overall objective for the oeprations is assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
To force the unconditional surrender of JAPAN by:
Lowering Japanese ability and will to resist by establishing sea and air blockades, conducting intensive air bombardments and destroying...
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Were African-Americans at Iwo Jima? →
Sixty-three years after U.S. forces vanquished the Japanese and planted their flag on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi, the remote outpost in the Volcano Islands is the focus of another pitched battle. This time, acclaimed film directors Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are engaging in verbal warfare over the verisimilitude of Eastwood’s two films about the epic clash, Flags of Our Fathers and...
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WWII In The News
Here are some recent headlines from the American press that focus on WWII topics:
Four WWII chaplains honored at Tucson ceremony
They gave their lives to save others nearly 70 years ago, but the fate of four service members killed in World War II are remembered in Tucson every year. A special ceremony Sunday at Kino Veterans Memorial Park honored the the four chaplains.
World War II vet...
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‘Red Tails’ a disservice to Tuskegee Airmen →
The movie “Red Tails” could not possibly have been “inspired by” the Tuskegee Airmen, as billed, for it is little more than a black comedy about guys who clown and connive their way through World War II, supposedly as combat pilots. Disheveled, undisciplined, crude and uncouth, they are the exact opposite of the real men who served in the all-black fighter group in the 1940s.In this movie —...
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“I wouldn’t say developers moved on, instead they gave it the respect it...”
– WWII is Fresh Again