World War II on Townhall

• Former Nazi Leader Living in US Fri Jun 14
• The Battle of Midway And The Passing of The Torch Mon Jun 10
  Kurt Schlichter
• With Lautenberg Gone, WW II Vets Fade From Politics Thu Jun 6
  Michael Barone
• Time to Rediscover America's Truth-Tellers Fri May 31
  Diana West
• (Dole)ing Out Blame For Gridlock Thu May 30
  Cal Thomas
• Remembering the Aleutians "Forgotten Battle" Wed May 29
  Austin Bay
• Special Veterans Tue May 28
  Chuck Norris
• Awesome: Meet America’s Oldest War Veteran Sun May 26
  Daniel Doherty
• Homework Promotes Anti-American View of World War Two Tue Apr 23
  Todd Starnes
  Bob and Sarah Fisher were checking their daughter’s homework last week when a social studies assignment caught their attention – it criticized the United States for dropping the atomic bomb during World War Two. ... more
• Serious Times Sat Apr 20
  Marvin Olasky
  We interrupt the annual joke column for a special announcement: For three years I’ve tried to relieve tax time depression and exhaustion by offering some humor, but this year a sad 70th anniversary trumps lightheartedness. ... more
• Liberty's Choice: Adjust, Collaborate, or Resist Mon Mar 25
  Terry Paulson
  Travelers sometimes stand in awe of nature's beauty or achievements in architecture or the arts. On this trip to Amsterdam, we were confronted with man's choice to do evil or to take a stand for faith and freedom. Choices often come with little warning, but they come to every man, woman, and child when liberty is attacked. ... more
• School Confiscates Cupcakes Decorated with Toy Soldiers Sat Mar 9
  Todd Starnes
  A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers. ... more
• Surging Support for Joseph Stalin in Post-Soviet Russia is Troubling Fri Mar 8
  Gabriella Hoffman
  This week marked the 60th anniversary of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s death. On March 5, 1953, the Georgia-born tyrant’s nearly three-decade long reign of terror came to an end—providing momentary solace for all people living behind the Iron Curtain. “Uncle Joe” was no more. ... more
• Stalingrad: 1943 and 2013 Wed Feb 6
  Austin Bay
  Feb. 2 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of one of World War II's most decisive and utterly destructive battles, the five-months of slaughter in the Russian city then called Stalingrad. ... more
• The 40 Greatest Quotes From Winston Churchill Sat Jan 19
  John Hawkins
  The finest American President of the 20th century was Ronald Reagan, but the greatest world leader during that time was Winston Churchill. ... more
• Darby Rides Again Wed Jan 16
  Paul Greenberg
  They were not to be called Commandos. The Brits had dibs on that name. And they had earned it. Our special forces would train in Northern Ireland at the start of the Second World War, and while they might have British trainers and instructors, they'd have to be called something else. The brass would choose a name. They chose Rangers. ... more
• The Role of 'Educators' Tue Jan 8
  Thomas Sowell
  Many years ago, as a young man, I read a very interesting book about the rise of the Communists to power in China. In the last chapter, the author tried to explain why and how this had happened. ... more
• Oliver Stone’s Party Line Fri Nov 16
  Cliff May
  Stone argues, as Radosh puts it, that “the Soviet Union’s leader in the 1930s and ’40s, Joseph Stalin, has ‘been vilified pretty thoroughly by history,’ so what is needed is a program allowing viewers to walk in both his and Hitler’s shoes ‘to understand their point of view.’” ... more
• El Alamein and Operation Torch: The Road to Berlin Began in Africa Wed Nov 7
  Austin Bay
  Veterans Day 2012 has me once again reflecting on 1942, the 70th anniversary of the year the tide of battle changed in World War II. A 70th anniversary may not seem particularly important until we realize that by the 80th anniversary, the World War II generation will be gone. ... more
• Stuff Mon Oct 15
  Ken Blackwell
  During last week's vice presidential debate, the candidates clashed over whose team would be better able to impose "crippling" sanctions on Iran. The problem of sanctions is an old one. ... more
• Obama's First Term Is Like Roosevelt's Dismal Second Thu Sep 20
  Michael Barone
  People, not least himself, have often compared Barack Obama to Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... more
• Hoover’s Lessons Thu Sep 6
  Cliff May
  Learning from a half-century-old foreign policy critique. ... more
• The Flags at the Cemetery Mon May 28
  Paul Kengor
  In “The Flags at the Cemetery”, professor of political science and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College—Dr. Paul Kengor—explains, “Like many Americans, Memorial Day never ceases to move me. Rivaled only by Christmas and Easter, it’s the most poignant time of the year for me, maybe because, like Christmas and Easter, it’s about life, death, and remembrance.” ... more
• Norwegian World War II hero Soensteby dies at 94 Thu May 10
  AP News
• Remember Victory-In-Europe Day Wed May 2
  Marvin Folkertsma
  December 1941 is usually remembered by Americans as that fateful month when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, thus thrusting the United States into World War II. However, consider an alternate scenario: Adolf Hitler appears triumphantly before the Reichstag announcing the destruction of the Soviet Union, following the German capture of Moscow and the “cowardly escape of that war criminal, Joseph Stalin,” to somewhere in the vast Russian hinterlands. ... more

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