A review of Bombing Hitler’s Hometown by Mike Croissant On 25 April 1945, some 700 bombers and fighter escort airplanes from the US 15th Air Force took to the predawn air in southern Italy. Their target: Linz, Austria, the town where Adolf Hitler grew up. But more importantly for the airmen, Linz was their number […]
It’s live! In the latest episode of my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa, I’m joined by the man with the most famous Italian accent in the entire podiverse. He’s a writer, a university professor and a martial artist. That’s right, I’m talking about the one and only Daniele Bolelli, host of the History on Fire podcast—one of […]
Episode 6 of Beyond Barbarossa, the first English-language podcast to focus on the Eastern Front of World War II, looks at Germany approaching the zenith of its hold on Europe, having conquered Ukraine already. Having captured most of Ukraine and with a choke-hold on Leningrad, Germany appears to be winning as it advances on Moscow. […]
The crisis in Ukraine follows patterns of history. While it has become a cliché, what’s happening now on the eastern edge of Europe echoes crises of history, particularly the Second World War. To illustrate, this blog will compare the opening moves of those days with what’s happening in Ukraine now. I think a […]
Last week in Second World War history Those who know their history know that the Eastern Front was by far the largest theatre of operations during the Second World War. The Soviet Union put more men and women into the fighting than all other Allies combined, and the countries of the Eastern Theatre suffered over […]
As you know, I’ve been working on The Triumph of the Sky, the sequel to my first-published novel, The Bones of the Earth. And I thought I should familiarize you with this fantastic, yet historical universe so you’re ready to find you way around when the book comes out. The Byzantine Empire The setting […]
As you, my faithful readers know, I recently published the third book in my Eastern Front trilogy about the experiences of my father-in-law, Maurice Bury, during the Second World War. Writing those three slim books took me more than 10 years. Not only because the story itself is dark and difficult, but also because it […]