# \#world-war-ii **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/world-war-ii/214.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [From 1945—“The Atom Strikes!”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1945-the-atom-strikes/1824)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 14:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1945-the-atom-strikes/1824 "2026-08-29T14:00:25Z")
Shortly after the surrender of Japan in 1945 and the arrival of U.S. occupation forces in the country, the Manhattan Project sent a team to Japan to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the targets of the atomic b… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Dead Man's Ridge](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-dead-mans-ridge/6420)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 August 2026 12:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-dead-mans-ridge/6420 "2026-08-09T12:22:21Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - 1941: Thirty Days in May](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-1941-thirty-days-in-may/6372)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 June 2026 12:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-1941-thirty-days-in-may/6372 "2026-06-14T12:08:54Z")
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**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 March 2026 12:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-bloody-skies-xv-fighter-command-against-all-odds/6307 "2026-03-22T12:51:11Z")
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**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [15 March 2026 21:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-greatest-scientific-gamble/6301 "2026-03-15T21:57:58Z")
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**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 November 2025 13:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-midnight-flyboys/6182 "2025-11-23T13:59:09Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - A Light in the Northern Sea](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-a-light-in-the-northern-sea/6046)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 August 2025 12:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-a-light-in-the-northern-sea/6046 "2025-08-10T12:40:00Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Eagle Days](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-eagle-days/6030)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 July 2025 13:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-eagle-days/6030 "2025-07-27T13:01:37Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [The Year of Looking Back](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-year-of-looking-back/6022)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2025 19:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-year-of-looking-back/6022 "2025-07-21T19:31:28Z")
This year, Russia looked back to the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War with a very impressive multi-national (but no Westerners) military parade in Red Square. Then the US Army looked back on its 250 year … --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Nightmare in the Pacific](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-nightmare-in-the-pacific/5877)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 April 2025 12:41 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-nightmare-in-the-pacific/5877 "2025-04-06T12:41:02Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Mediterranean Sweep](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-mediterranean-sweep/5849)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [16 March 2025 12:49 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-mediterranean-sweep/5849 "2025-03-16T12:49:03Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - The Fires of Gallipoli](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-fires-of-gallipoli/5795)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 February 2025 13:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-fires-of-gallipoli/5795 "2025-02-09T13:30:57Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - The Mighty Moo](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-mighty-moo/5754)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [20 January 2025 01:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-mighty-moo/5754 "2025-01-20T01:26:50Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Dangers and Difficulties](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-dangers-and-difficulties/5717)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [22 December 2024 19:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-dangers-and-difficulties/5717 "2024-12-22T19:13:55Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - The Strategists](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-strategists/4870)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [4 September 2024 03:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-strategists/4870 "2024-09-04T03:47:28Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Rings of Fire](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-rings-of-fire/4781)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2024 00:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-rings-of-fire/4781 "2024-07-21T00:35:49Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Skies of Thunder](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-skies-of-thunder/4765)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2024 13:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-skies-of-thunder/4765 "2024-07-14T13:20:26Z")
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**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [21 January 2024 13:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-ira-hayes/4239 "2024-01-21T13:59:26Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [V1 Robot Flying Bomb Operators' Manual](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/v1-robot-flying-bomb-operators-manual/4035)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [28 November 2023 14:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/v1-robot-flying-bomb-operators-manual/4035 "2023-11-28T14:55:29Z")
Narration of this Nazi Germany Luftwaffe instructional film is in German, but subtitles in English (and a variety of other languages) are available. I have tried to turn on English subtitles, but if this d… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - A World War Two Secret](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-a-world-war-two-secret/4030)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 November 2023 12:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-a-world-war-two-secret/4030 "2023-11-26T12:27:51Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - The War of Words](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-the-war-of-words/4009)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 November 2023 13:49 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-the-war-of-words/4009 "2023-11-19T13:49:57Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - Victory to Defeat](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-victory-to-defeat/3782)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 September 2023 12:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-victory-to-defeat/3782 "2023-09-24T12:39:02Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - Breaking the German Dams](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-breaking-the-german-dams/3631)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [20 August 2023 17:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-breaking-the-german-dams/3631 "2023-08-20T17:27:04Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [The Complicated Career of J. Robert Oppenheimer](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-complicated-career-of-j-robert-oppenheimer/3477)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [7 August 2023 20:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-complicated-career-of-j-robert-oppenheimer/3477 "2023-08-07T20:22:43Z")
Oppenheimer’s relationship to the development of thermonuclear weapons (the “super" or “hydrogen bomb”) was substantially more complex than described here. In his 2015 book, Building the H Bomb, Kenneth W.… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - Brave Men](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-brave-men/3536)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 July 2023 12:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-brave-men/3536 "2023-07-30T12:32:02Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [German SD 2 “Butterfly Bomb”—the First Cluster Weapon](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/german-sd-2-butterfly-bomb-the-first-cluster-weapon/3501)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 July 2023 14:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/german-sd-2-butterfly-bomb-the-first-cluster-weapon/3501 "2023-07-24T14:02:17Z")
Here is more on the German SD 2 “Butterfly Bomb”, first dropped on Ipswich, England in 1940, and thereafter on both the eastern and western fronts. In the single month of August, 1943, a total of 520,000 w… --- ## [Where Hitler's Image Outlived World War II](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/where-hitlers-image-outlived-world-war-ii/3293)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [10 June 2023 16:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/where-hitlers-image-outlived-world-war-ii/3293 "2023-06-10T16:10:40Z")
After the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945, the Allied occupation forces put a priority on restoring postal service, but most of the inventory of postage stamps bore the portrait of Adolf Hitler. In th… --- ## [Consolidated B-32 Dominator—Forgotten Heavy Bomber of World War II](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/consolidated-b-32-dominator-forgotten-heavy-bomber-of-world-war-ii/3229)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 May 2023 13:15 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/consolidated-b-32-dominator-forgotten-heavy-bomber-of-world-war-ii/3229 "2023-05-27T13:15:33Z")
In 1940 the U.S. Army Air Corps requested the Consolidated Aircraft Company to begin design on a heavy bomber with specifications similar to those of the Boeing B-29, which had been in development since 193… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - The Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-the-brotherhood-of-the-flying-coffin/2984)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 April 2023 12:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-the-brotherhood-of-the-flying-coffin/2984 "2023-04-02T12:37:47Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - The Last Hill](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-the-last-hill/2611)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 January 2023 14:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-the-last-hill/2611 "2023-01-15T14:32:11Z")
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