WHY WE FIGHT ~ 1942

Twitter Threads (Since Twitter decided to get rid of Moments)

 

The Army’s On Its Way

 

Highs and Lows of the 1920s

 

Some More Lows of the 1920s

 

Trouble Builds in Europe

 

US-UK Coordination

 

While We Prepared For War

 

The Americans Arrive

 

Mobilizing for War: The War Production Board

 

Close Air Support & The Airpower Mission

 

Eagle Squadrons

 

Separate and Far From Equal

 

Segregation in the US Army

 

The War Plans Division, Joint Planning & US Army Readiness

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Women Answer America’s Call

 

Free a Man to Fight

 

Operation Outward

 

Why We Have a WAAC

 

US War Department Reorganization and the Birth of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

Reorganization and the New Army Command Post

 

Operation Chariot

 

Lübeck and the Baedeker Raids

 

On the Homefront: Labor Laws and Wartime Production

 

An Army Marches on its Stomach

 

Misadventures of a French General & The Great Nazi Embarrassment

 

Changing Needs and Conflicting Agreements

 

Hard Work, Sorrow, and Blood

(Part I: The Tyranny of Hitlerisms)

(Part II: We Are The United States of America)

 

An Elite Member of the Team

 

Operation Ironclad & The Battle of Madagascar

 

Operation Bowery: Spitfires for Malta

 

1st Armored Division Arrives in Northern Ireland , 16 May 1942

 

The Desert Training Center

 

Introduction to Military Deception

 

Difficult Negotiations and Necessary “Partnerships”

 

Rommel Attacks in North Africa: Battle of Gazala and the Loss of Tobruk

 

“Let the World Read and Know”

 

The Battle of Dutch Harbor

 

European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), 8 June 1942

 

The Lidice Massacre

 

“… It Is Everything We Have.”

 

“What Can We Do To Help?” - Surrendering Tobruk & Dwindling Morale

 

The Decision is Made, 19-25 June 1942

 

Mid-Year Updates, June 1942

 

White Rose

 

Mersa Matruh and El Alamein

 

First Battle of El Alamein

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

 

The Independence Day Raid

 

The Akutan Zero

 

The Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup - Paris, 16-17 July 1942

 

“Are You One of Them Wackies?”: The First WAAC Officer Candidate Class – 20 July 1942

 

“You Are Soldiers…”

 

Bombing the Ruhr: RAF Raid on Düsseldorf

 

Gas Rationing: “When You Tide Alone, You Rude With Hitler…”

 

Planning for Operation TORCH

(Part I & Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

(Part V)

(Part VI)

 

“Der Fuehrer’s Face”

 

Testing a Parachute

 

AIRBORNE!

 

Airborne Training and Doctrine

 

Operation Jubilee: “It’ll Be a Piece of Cake!”

 

“Those Gallant Men…”: Lessons Learned from Dieppe

 

Transportation and Supply

 

Cryptology in World War II

 

Operation Agreement

 

Late Summer Updates, September 1942

 

September Catch-Up

 

The Manhattan Project

(Part I)

(Part II)

 

Price Control and Stabilization

 

Operation Basalt and The Commando Order

 

Operation Flagpole

 

Operation Kingpin

 

Operation Bertram

 

Second Battle of El Alamein

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

Operation TORCH

(Part I)

(Part II)

(Part III)

(Part IV)

 

FINAL THREAD - “The End of the Beginning…”