Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie talks with Armchair General in an exclusive interview about the movie Valkyrie, what inspired him to write it, and the historical events behind it.
Read MoreThis review says 11 Days in December by Stanley Weintraub is not your typical retelling of the Battle of the Bulge. By focusing on the 1944 Christmas holiday as experienced by soldiers on both sides, it gives a humanistic view inside a violent event.
Read MoreJohn Antal provides a story about American paratroopers encountering German troops during a reconnaissance, based on his novel Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, a companion book to the game of the same name from Ubisoft/Gearbox.
Read MoreLists of suggested board and computer games for playing the battles of Napoleon in Spain and the World War II topics of Operation Market-Garden, the East Front and Rommel in Normandy.
Read MoreThe World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid was rechristened as the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum on Veterans Day, 2008. President George W. Bush was among the speakers honoring the ship and its crew.
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