Tune in to see multiple SWWRGNA historians--Rob Citino, Mike Neiberg, Jadwiga Biskupska, Cameron Zinsou--in #WorldWarIITomHanks premiering Memorial Day 2026 at 8/7c @HISTORY. Over 20 hours, the series captures the full arc of the war for a new generation @Nutopia_tv@HISTORYUK
Bad weather, limited technology, and conflicting reports complicated General Eisenhower's decision about when to launch the D-Day invasion. Ahead of the new film 'Pressure,' learn more about the weather forecasting that would shape the course of the war. https://t.co/JA0OCSwvYp
One of our editorial team recently consulted this article which considers medical research undertaken on captive populations in the Warsaw ghetto, the Vapniarca (Vapniarka) concentration camp, and Changi POW camp. We thought you might be interested too. https://t.co/0Y3aH1Uosw
In beautiful downtown Lexington VA for the first day of the 2026 Summer Seminar in Military History. We welcome 15 fellows for two weeks of great conversation about research, teaching, and careers. @SMH_Historians@VMIHistory#summsem26
#homefront article of the week: If you lack butter, you should try cod-liver oil, right? Gerd Berget revisits #WWII#Norway to examine in detail how #housewives navigated wartime information needs and how they capably adapted their behavior. Fascinating! https://t.co/fGdIIj7yFc
#summsem26. Great dinner with the fellows and our hosts tonight - plus a big stack of books for everyone to read and discuss. @SMH_Historians@VMIHistory
A new book review: John Foot's excellent "Blood and Power: The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism". A brilliantly readable study, that reminds us that Mussolini's fascism was not benigh, but extremely violent from the start. https://t.co/t4XuNH3EEI
May 2026 issue online! Six articles ranging from early modern religion-related wars, Opium War, WWII escapes in neutral colonial territories in South China, POWs in Hongkong & Japan, rewilded Kočevje after expulsion of Gottscheer Germans, & Rhodesian War. https://t.co/f2Ea2gQEkY
On US Memorial Day 2026, the SWWRGNA remembers and honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Looking back to a different moment: Memorial Day 1942 in Spokane, WA (h/t The Spokesman-Review).
The LSE-Yale Seminar in Contemporary International History — a joint seminar between the LSE International History Department and the Department of History at Yale University — invites proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year.
#LSE#Yale#history#seminar
Congratulations to Hayate Murayama (University of California, Santa Barbara), a 2026 Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellows for PhD dissertation “Inscribed Memories: Japanese POWs and the Afterlives of Forced Labor in Post Soviet Central Asia:" https://t.co/kBxm9JLhJC
Job: @AirWarCollege Dept of Strategy invites applications for the Professor of Strategy and Wargaming position beginning summer 2026. Starting salary between $100,558-$131,266, position equivalent to TT. Applications accepted through 23 June 2026: https://t.co/SFGFeJadCD
#OpenAccess
Propaganda and Conflict: War, Media and Shaping the Twentieth Century
ed. Mark Connelly et al. Bloomsbury , 2020
PDF 🎯
https://t.co/ngvUxl7x3i
Catch Kees Koenen in conversation with Paul Woodadge of WW2TV discussing his book, ‘The Betrayal of Colditz: The Story of Ronald Bolton Littledale’, via this YouTube link: https://t.co/n97VEDFVJ8
#Colditz#WW2TV#MilitaryHistory
🎙️Join us this evening at 6 PM (London 🙄) as Eddie and I speak to Nick Le Huray @Nickleh about his recently-published book, “Tides of Defiance” @barnthorn - the story of Channel Islanders who fled Jersey and Guernsey in defiance of Nazi occupation!🎙️
🔗 https://t.co/X3Yv9KfZ0a