World War II
Elizabeth Dilling: “The Female Führer”
On of my favorite accounts to follow on the site formerly known as Twitter,* On This Day She –which just made its last post– previously made an important point at the head of its feed: “A reminder: we do not ‘celebrate’ all the women we include in @onthisdayshe . Equal history means including those with…
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From the Archives: When Paris Went Dark
Another post from the past, in this case 2014, related to the stuff I’m working on today. New stuff soon, I promise. When Nazi troops marched into Paris in June, 1940, the city surrendered without firing a shot.* In When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 , historian Ronald C.…
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From the Archives: Beyond Belief
I’ve reached a point in the revision process where I’m going back to books I read early in the research process. Because while some people may write and re-write in an absolute straight line, I do not. I move back and forth, and sometimes I zigzag. I’m definitely in a zigzag phase as I draw…
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