When Will War End and a New Global Era Dawns
In a broad forecast, the author contrasts Goebbels and Damon on war end timelines, notes Allied airpower gains, and cites OWI projections for postwar aviation growth. The piece argues a smaller globe and renewed global unity are possible if wartime lessons shape peaceful, cooperative plans. The narrative links aviation progress to future world order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNDU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Washington
R. S. Damon
Republic Aviation Corporation
Europe
Damon
Germany
Hitler
Goebbels
Ruhr
New York
Chicago
United States
OWI
Paris
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Cairo
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Trial of War Criminals After Unconditional Surrender
The article argues Allied leaders plan to try Axis leaders for war crimes after an unconditional surrender. It recounts Versailles era efforts against Kaiser Wilhelm II, notes failed German trials, and contrasts Napoleon’s exile with potential fates for Hitler Mussolini Hirohito and their allies, ending with reflections on Civil War animosities.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Roosevelt
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Poland
France
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Greece
Czecho-Slovakia
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Kaiser Wilhelm
Lloyd George
Allied and Associated Powers
Wilhelm II
Hohenzollern
Netherlands
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Wilhelmina
Utrecht
Doorn
Leipzig
von Hindenburg
Republic of Germany
Adolf Schickelgruber
Schickelgruber
Germany
Sweden
Switzerland
Portugal
Spain
Lord Liverpool
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Paris
Napoleon
St. Helena
South Atlantic
Napoleon Bonaparte
White House
Jeff Davis
Lee
Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Davis
Georgia
Monroe
Republican Party
Horace Greeley
Good Neighbor and Air Power Views in War Time
State department figures ponder Argentina policy under Good Neighbor aims while Stalin questions Axis influence. U S air forces push for precision bombing to minimize civilian harm and hasten postwar peace. Regulation W wins merchant support for postwar financing rules. Capabilities target Germany’s synthetic fuel plants at Blechhammer and Bruex. Japan embassy navigates neutral care.
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State Department
Argentina
Stalin
Willkie
Moscow
United States
Capitol
Germany
Blechhammer
Bruex
U. S
FBI
Tokyo propaganda targets India with promises of independence
War Information notes Tokyo broadcasts aim to dazzle India with independence promises after Subhas Chandra Bose’s reported arrival in Japan. Commemorative cemetery lights in Poland must be put out during blackouts per a German paper report. Rhode Island iron and scrap collections run about 3,000 tons weekly, over 9 pounds per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of War Information
Tokyo
India
Japan
Subhas Chandra Bose
Poland
Rhode Island
Attempted Kidnap of the Kaiser by Tennessee Soldiers
Eight American soldiers all from Tennessee attempted to kidnap the ex Kaiser at Amerongen Netherlands. They sought an interview under the pretense of a journalistic mission and entered Count von Bentinck castle. The plot failed but prompted Dutch authorities to launch an inquiry and a threatened court martial. The leaders included Col. Luke Lea of Nashville and Capt. Thomas P. Henderson of Franklin among others.
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Tennessee
Kaiser
Amerongen
Holland
Paris
Count von Bentinck
All Highest
Dutch Authoritiens
Luke Lea
Nashville
South
Thomas P. Henderson
Franklin
Leland S. MacPhail
Ellsworth Brown
Chattanooga
Dan Reilly
Owen Johnson
Egbert Haile
Marmaduke Clokey
Knoxville
War Correspondent Recalls Desert Heros and Heat
By George Lait details 81 months at front lines from London blitz to Rommel's defeat, noting harsh desert heat, water wars, and improvised rations. He recounts mail delays, gifts from Sherman Billingsley, and desert etiquette like Bedouin knife blood ritual and Cairo dating customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Argentina
Atlantic
St. Helena
Waterloo
Bellerophon
George IV
Napoleon
England
George Lait
L News Service
London
Bizerte
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Desert
Desert Life and Trade in North Africa
A World War II era observer notes clean Bedouins vs dirty city Arabs, daily sand washing before prayers, and shared written Arabic. Tea, sugar, and hasheesh dominate barter with troops. exchange once 75 eggs per tea, later settling to one cup tea per egg as numbers increased.
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North Africa
Belef
Desert
Allah
Egypt
Libya
Cyrenaica
Tripolitania
African Desert
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Ruhr Valley
Baukhage
Krupp Works
Essen
Berlin
Siberia
Vladivostok
Venice
Savannah
Naples
South America
Adolf
Ludendorf
von Imndendorf
Lst
Kaiser Wilhelm II
RAF
Churchill the Prophet
Winston Churchill
Bankhage
N. Africa
Tom
Tobruk
U. S. Army Post Office
Tripoli
Sherman Billingsley
Tunisia
Sherman
Miss Trout
Aquarium
Alexandria
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