Author: Ken Weiler
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The Invisable Casualty – Combat Fatigue In War
It has been known by many names over the course of history, the earliest recorded identification of emotional or psychological disorders affecting a man’s combat ability by a medical source comes from the U.S. Civil War, when Union Surgeon Dr. Jacob Da Costa, called the men who reported to sick call, the Army’s ER for…
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Manpower Squandered: The German Luftwaffe Field Divisions
With the two German military disasters on the eastern front, one in front of Moscow in the winter of 1941/42 and the other on the lower Volga River at Stalingrad in the late summer and winter of 1942/43, the loss of manpower in these two catastrophic defeats was far above the anticipated loss rates in…
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The Challenges of Historical Writing
During the writing of my recent book Why Normandy Was Won: Operation Bagration and the War In the East 1941 – 1945 (Ostfront Publications, LLC, 458 pp 2010) one of the recurring obstacles I confronted was obtaining accurate data and information as well as getting access to it. The source material for all historical writing…
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Why Normandy Was Won: Operation Bagration and the War in the East 1941-1945
Why Normandy Was Won: Operation Bagration and the War in the East 1941-1945 How Stalin and the Red Army Contributed to the success of the Allies at Normandy Order on Amazon Long-awaited story of the contributions of the Red Army in assisting in the success of the Allied invasion at NormandyOperation Bagration was the…
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The European Anthology of WWII
The European Theater Anthology of World War II Unique, Unknown and Interesting Information for those familiar with the Second World War Order on Amazon This book is written for the World War II experts & historians of all levelsThis book is written for the World War II experts, the historians, both amateur and professional,…
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The Future of Print Publishing: It’s Not as Bleak as it Appears
The Beach Reading Model and the historical endurance of paper medium It was two winters ago. I was on New York’s Long Island with my wife Sally visiting relatives over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday. Because of recent family moves and relocations we joined my brother Dan and his family at a rental property on Long…
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The Other Side of Normandy: Operation Bagration, the Russian Summer Offensive, June – August 1944
It was the perfect battle of annihilation. In the summer of 1944 the Roman battle of Cannae in Italy was replayed on the Berezina in Russia In the opening days and weeks of the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy in June 1944, the ether cracked and sparked across the English Channel with situation and…
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German World War II Strategic Bombing: The Failure to Develop a Long Range Combat Aircraft
Introduction: Thank you: John Hart & Pres. Henry Hartman A. Personal 1. Activities: HAHS Co-Chair Museum Committee, Trustee w/ Eisenhower Society, EISE volunteer work, York County Literacy Council Adult Reading Program. 2. U.S. Army 1968 – 1971 D/E&MS and NCOIC “Sprint” ballistic missile program at the Dept of Defense. B.…
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The “Missing Link” of the WWII Normandy Invasion
Ken Weiler has published a new book dealing with the Soviet contribution that insured the success of the Allied invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Entitled Why Normandy Was Won: Operation Bagration and the War In the East 1941 – 1945 (Ostfront Publications, LLC Hanover, Pennsylvania, 458 pp, 2010, $24.95) Ken traces the origins…