Articles from 1942
Another article about wartime Washington can be read here… Click here to read about the end of the Great Depression… KEY WORDS: Washington DC in 1942,Washington DC in wartime 1942,Washington DC during ww2,Washington DC during wwii,Washington DC in the Forties,1940s Washington DC
Washington, D.C. pt. II (Click Magazine, 1942) Read More »
Attached is an eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack as relayed to family members in a letter written home a few weeks after the assault:
The noise was like ten thousand factories gone nuts….Quicker than I can tell you, a bomb blows up the barracks with the gang in it, a ship explodes in front of me, a hangar goes up in flames…
The very next day President Roosevelt stood before the microphones in the well of the U.S. Capitol and asked Congress to declare war against the Empire of Japan; CLICK HERE to hear about the reactions of the American public during his broadcast…
Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941
Click here to read about the Battle of Midway.
Eyewitness to Pearl Harbor (Rob Wagner’s Script Magazine, 1942) Read More »
Attached is an eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack as relayed to family members in a letter written home a few weeks after the assault:
The noise was like ten thousand factories gone nuts….Quicker than I can tell you, a bomb blows up the barracks with the gang in it, a ship explodes in front of me, a hangar goes up in flames…
The very next day President Roosevelt stood before the microphones in the well of the U.S. Capitol and asked Congress to declare war against the Empire of Japan; CLICK HERE to hear about the reactions of the American public during his broadcast…
Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941
Click here to read about the Battle of Midway.
Eyewitness to Pearl Harbor (Rob Wagner’s Script Magazine, 1942) Read More »
Hearst reporter H.R. Knickerbocker (1898 – 1949) had been closely watching Hitler since 1923 and pointed out that on April 29, 1941 the Axis forces had printed a trial balloon on the pages of the JAPAN TIMES ADVERTISER that clearly indicated the peace terms that were acceptable to the Nazis. Attached is Knickerbocker’s outline of this proposal, as well as the correspondent’s astute commentary that he had prepared for his 1942 bestseller, Is Tomorrow Hitler’s?
From Amazon: Is Tomorrow Hitler’s?
The German economist who made the Reich’s rearmament possible was named Hjalmar Schacht, click here to read about him…
What Hitler Wanted (Omnibooks Magazine, 1942) Read More »
The dilemma before Hitler is that he must marshall all his air strength to crush Russia. He cannot do so without weakening his air units in France or the Mediterranean. Such a move would threaten him either with an Allied invasion of the Continent or the disruption of the Axis supply lines to Africa… The Luftwaffe had lost 15,000 planes in Russia – and with them the hope of regaining air superiority in Russian skies.
Hitler’s 1942 Challenges (Newsweek Magazine, 1942) Read More »
The 76th Division at Fort Meade learns the latest scientific methods of hand-to-hand slaughter and free-for-all street fighting that will soon be taught to every infantry outfit in the Army. The article concerns the hand-t-hand combat instruction of one Francois D’Eliscu – a U.S Army major made famous for his 11-point training plan.
Major D’Eliscu is one of the toughest men alive. He can kill with a flick of his elbow, maim with a pinch of his fingers. He imparts this toughness into the course he gave to the 76th Division instructors and to the Special Service officers from the other divisions.
Ranger School (Yank Magazine, 1942) Read More »
Click here to read more about W.W. II prisoners of war… KEY WORDS: Forgotten Story from Yank Magazine 1942,general rommel anecdote,ww2 anecdote,ww2 POW anecdote,general rommel little story,ww2 little story,ww2 POW little story,wwii pow escape little story,ww2 Indian Army little story,Indian Army in WW2 North Africa little story
Prison Bust in Libya (Yank Magazine, 1942) Read More »
Land of the Nakoda: The Story of the Assinibone Indians was the brain child of the Montana WPA (Works Progress Administration), Writers Project. The book is a collection of tales as told by the tribe elders and transcribed by one other member for publication in book form and it is still in print today.
Tales of the Assinibone Tribe (Direction Magazine, 1942) Read More »
Another look at the M-2 Half Track and the training of their five-man crews at Fort Hood, Texas. We got a kick learning that these men were not simply trained to fire their 37 and 75 mm. mounted guns, but also instructed in all other manner of tank fighting methods:
Another little trick they master is the construction of a sticky grenade; a white sock filled with TNT, soaked in heavy axle grease to triple it’s detonating power. This sticks like glue; and if it explodes near the tank’s ventilators — that’s all, brother.
Click here to read about the TD units that fought at the Battle of the Bulge.
American Tank Destroyers (America’s Alertmen, 1942) Read More »
Here are two short notices from the Forties about Rudolf Hess (1894 – 1987) and the motivation behind his mad dash to Scotland. The paragraphs ascribe two very different purposes to the flight.
The Flight of Rudolf Hess (Newsweek, 1942 & Maptalk, 1946) Read More »
