World War II Database

Review: Call of Duty: World at War
17 Oct 2009

Okay. So it took me a while to get to this, mostly because I didn’t want to play the game on a PS 2 or wii. While those systems are just fine (come on! Tiger Woods 09 with the wii motion plus is AWESOME), I wanted to experience the game in HD with a ...

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Back in the Game (thinking Call of Duty)
14 Oct 2009

HOLY COW! I can’t believe it’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated this blog. In the midst of work and an amped up family schedule, I’m not surprised. That said, I have a review coming up for the video game Call of Duty: World at War. With a new ...

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SGT. Rock (Issue #5 of 6)
6 Sep 2009

So it’s taken me a bit longer to get back to the this series than I’d hoped (long story…) The narrative arc has reached its peak, with the 442 breaking through to the Lost Battalion. SGT Rock only has a few lines in this issue, and honestly, he’s sort of lost in the ...

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Sunday Link Dump
23 Aug 2009

With school starting up on AUG 24 (and loads of prep work going on…), what better way to get back in the blog game (it’s been two weeks since my last post) than a Sunday Link Dump.  So for your viewing pleasure, please enjoy these assorted WW2 stories from around the inter-webs. Time Out Magazine Picks ...

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Comic: Ignition City
2 Aug 2009

I recently picked up the SCI-FI comic Ignition City, and while it is not a WW II-themed comic, author Warren Ellis and illustrator Gianluca Pagliarani do manage to work in a rather famous image, with a twist.  Fans of the SCI-FI genre know all about alt-realities, and this is certainly an interesting take on that ...

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
19 Jul 2009

I wanted to highlight a recent comment on this site from Bill (thanks for writing in…). “One of the best movies about World War 11 was ?The Best Years of our Lives (1946). As a Veteran who served two tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968, and 1969 to 1970 it said it all. ...

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B-29 and Watchmen (2009)
10 Jul 2009

So…most know that Watchmen came out back in March (2009) (loved the book, one of Time MAG’s All Time 100 Novels, right there next to Ellison, Delillo, Graves, and Dick.  You know, folks in the literary cannon). The movie scored mixed reviews, though I thought it was a pretty amazing, despite the ways it ...

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SGT Rock (Between Hell and a Hard Place, 2004)
2 Jul 2009

Man, this one fell into my lap, as in “hey, you want this?” “Sure,” I said.  Nice. Between Hell and a Hard Place is a Hurtgen forest tale, and more than anything else, it’s a murder mystery. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this. Writer: Brian Azzarello Art: Joe Kubert (longtime ROCK keeper) Let’s get to it: the story was engaging ...

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More WWII Poster Art, #4 (paratroopers)
18 Jun 2009

So I’ve made three previous posts on the posters of World War II, and the samples I’ve chosen have come from a wide range: conservation, keeping quiet, respect the sacrifice, etc.  For this post, I wanted to focus on the paratrooper. Careless Talk Got There First is a favorite of my comp classes when we discuss ...

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SGT. Rock (Issue #4 of 6)
13 Jun 2009

Okay, so we are moving along with the story arc, progressing to the point of greatest tension. In my lit classes, we’re calling this the _rising action_. Three things caught my attention in this issue: 1) the P-47s. All I can say is…NICE! I really didn’t expect to see the narrative shift to the ...

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