Sparks Commentary

World War II has been depicted in countless books , documentaries , and Hollywood movies . Some of these movies are basically action films o...

In Italy, the distant Battle of Taranto proved the effectiveness of aircraft carriers In November 1940, a British   aircraft carrier  launch...

“There are a lot of people who say that bombing can never win a war. Well, my answer to that is that it has never been tried yet, and we sha...

Note: This is a collection of several BBC documentaries about World War II. That is to say, it is not a unified history like  “The World at ...

Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures, which I simply cannot omit. By far the most infamous episode of the twentieth cen...

Warning: This blog post contains several disturbing pictures. One of them shows the body of a child. The Japanese were racist against other ...

Why did World War II happen? It’s a complicated (and interesting) topic, involving causes in many different nations. Some of these involve  ...

Note: The Russians usually refer to their own part of World War II as the “Great Patriotic War.” Some Eastern European countries use this s...

“Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially, that in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of ...

It seems incredible that the Nazis ever came to power. Today, they are among the most unpopular of all movements, portrayed as bad guys in m...

“We do hereby Declare and Proclaim that a State of War with the German Reich exists and has existed in Our Dominion of Canada as and from...

“Thus, the earnest hope of the Japanese Government to adjust Japanese-American relations and to preserve and promote the peace of the Paci...

“We the undersigned, acting by authority of the German High Command, hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied E...

"Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Na...

"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that t...

On both sides of the Atlantic (particularly in the English-speaking world), there is still a great deal of interest in  Winston Churchill ...

There's something about war heroes and statesmen that holds the fascination of many; and so there have been a number of  movies  about...

"The German Government, consequently, discontinues diplomatic relations with the United States of America and declares that under th...

"This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin Nevile Henderson handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we hear...

"The Buck Stops Here." - A sign on Truman's desk in the Oval Office It might seem strange to hear a Republican like me s...