Gah. I've just visited a #SecondWorldWar group on Facebook, and the first two posts I saw were wrong.
One had a photo of a Sturmtiger claiming it was a Maus.
The other mentioned the Victoria Cross. It correctly mentioned that only one person won the VC twice during the war, but then listed how many VCs were awarded by country, and missed out New Zealand. Charles Upham, the man who won it twice, was a New Zealander.
@RPBook@synlogic@worldwarshistory I have relatives across several states who ONLY stay in touch via FaceBook (no email even).
I use groups mainly to point people towards online resources for local history & family history that they're probably not aware of. A local group has put 20 years of journals online free as PDFs which can be downloaded & searched, for instance. Not doing much discussion there, though.
The two known games are Malaysia (1941-42) and Moro River (1943-44). I'm not familiar with the Italian campaigns, so this one will be a treat. I know Malaysia is a challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing how the designers customize the rules and rationale to fit the individual campaigns. Can't wait to see what the other three games cover.
My cover designer sent me the attached earlier, with the following question. "Why use a real cover designer when you can create masterpieces like this using AI?"
For those that don't know, the attack on Pearl Harbor was carried out by the Japanese. The planes on the cover are German Fw190s.
I've blurred the author name because I have no desire to cause a pile-on.
@RPBook@militaryhistory@worldwarshistory
It may be apocryphal, but supposedly Harry Turtledove wrote Guns of the South because an artist sent his publisher a history book cover illustration with Robert E. Lee holding an AK-47....
This book obviously, is not alternate history science fiction, though it's nice to see the Fw190 get some love.
@xankarn@worldwarshistory@histodons I can't wrap my head around the idea that any history is "done" and should no longer be talked about or studied 🤷♀️
Agree. We hear, in some circles, the notion that discussions of past injustice are divisive or that they foist guilt unfairly onto the living.
I see it differently. What's divisive, I'd say, are the blockades that these people erect to prevent more conversation/contemplation.
Nor do I buy arguments about collective guilt. Engaging w historical injustice is abt weighing responsibilities of citizenship, not villifying the perps or their descendants.
My #Kickstarter is almost over. We've hit the target and the first two stretch goals. With luck, we might hit the third one too.
The French Maquis are possibly the most widely-known #SecondWorldWar resistance organisation, but there were resistors in every occupied territory, and #SOE agents worked in almost all of them.
#OnThisDay in 1942, the Allies began Operation Streamline Jane, to capture the rest of #Madagascar. Streamline Jane consisted of three linked operations, codenamed Stream, Line, and Jane.
The initial landings for all three operations were very successful. But Vichy resistance was stubborn, and it was November before the island was completely under Allied control.