Volgograd 2006: The Battle of Stalingrad
My trip to Russia in 2006 finished with a short stop in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad. It was the site of the third major battle that
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My trip to Russia in 2006 finished with a short stop in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad. It was the site of the third major battle that
This past summer when I was visiting my brother in Thunder Bay, I was pleased to learn that a restored World War II DC-3 aircraft
Depending on where you live, it’s Veteran’s Day or Remembrance Day. DrFumblefinger remembers with a visit to the British War Cemetery in Trincomalee.
Gumbo was visiting the beautiful island of Oahu and, specifically, Pearl Harbor. This Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor.
The National World War II Museum is a massive collection that tries to represent the vast scope of the war through the eyes of individuals.
While taking a walking tour of Berlin, I asked my guide if we would be visiting the site of Hitler’s Bunker (aka the Fuhrerbunker), the
As a number of Gumbo readers figured out, Gumbo’s latest “Where Was” was Frankfurt am Main, Germany’s economic capital and home, as the giant Euro
A quiet place, in a peaceful park in Berlin hardly seems connected at first sight to the horrific fighting that took place all over
Visitors at Mao Zedong’s birthplace Photo: Brucke-Osteuropa / Wikimedia Chinese and Russian tourism authorities
May 27, 1940—75 years ago today—was the first day of the evacuation of Allied (mostly British) troops from the French port of Dunkirk across the
My trip to Russia in 2006 finished with a short stop in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad. It was the site of
This past summer when I was visiting my brother in Thunder Bay, I was pleased to learn that a restored
Depending on where you live, it’s Veteran’s Day or Remembrance Day. DrFumblefinger remembers with a visit to the British War Cemetery in Trincomalee.
Gumbo was visiting the beautiful island of Oahu and, specifically, Pearl Harbor. This Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor.
The National World War II Museum is a massive collection that tries to represent the vast scope of the war
While taking a walking tour of Berlin, I asked my guide if we would be visiting the site of Hitler’s
As a number of Gumbo readers figured out, Gumbo’s latest “Where Was” was Frankfurt am Main, Germany’s economic capital and
A quiet place, in a peaceful park in Berlin hardly seems connected at first sight to the horrific fighting
Visitors at Mao Zedong’s birthplace Photo: Brucke-Osteuropa / Wikimedia
May 27, 1940—75 years ago today—was the first day of the evacuation of Allied (mostly British) troops from the French