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Russian combat methods in World War II
Title
Russian combat methods in World War II.
Creator
United States
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
1950
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002560
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 – Campaigns – Russia (Federation)
Format
Document (PDF)
AIRSHIP OPERATIONS DURING WORLD WAR II
Title
AIRSHIP OPERATIONS DURING WORLD WAR II.
Creator
LEVITT, MARTIN L., Florida Atlantic University, O'Sullivan, John
Abstract/Description
The role of the airship has been largely ignored by traditional operational histories of World War II. Although airships never proved as effective an offensive weapon against submarines as their prewar proponents had promised, they played a strong defensive role in deterring U-boat assaults. They served successfully as convoy escorts and provided a number of useful ancillary services, including air/sea rescues and utility missions. American airships made a clear if limited contribution to...
Show moreThe role of the airship has been largely ignored by traditional operational histories of World War II. Although airships never proved as effective an offensive weapon against submarines as their prewar proponents had promised, they played a strong defensive role in deterring U-boat assaults. They served successfully as convoy escorts and provided a number of useful ancillary services, including air/sea rescues and utility missions. American airships made a clear if limited contribution to successful Allied naval operations.
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Date Issued
1982
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14140
Subject Headings
Airships, World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
Format
Document (PDF)
GERMANS IN GUATEMALA DURING WORLD WAR II
Title
THE GERMANS IN GUATEMALA DURING WORLD WAR II.
Creator
CLIFFORD, SHARON YVONNE., Florida Atlantic University, Mohl, Raymond A.
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines the history of the influential Ge rman colony in Guatemala and the deportation of the Germans to United States detention camps and nationalization of their properties during World War II. Material is included on the historical, economic, and political factors which made the presence of a powerful German colony in Guatemala intolerable to the United States and which led to the strong measures taken against the colony during the war.
Date Issued
1974
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13680
Subject Headings
Germans--Guatemala, National socialism, United States--Foreign relations--Guatemala, Guatemala--Foreign relations--United States
Format
Document (PDF)
CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE UNIT SIXTY-THREE: MENNONITE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS IN WORLD WAR II
Title
CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE UNIT SIXTY-THREE: MENNONITE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS IN WORLD WAR II.
Creator
CUMMINS, DORRIS LILLIAN CRATE., Florida Atlantic University, O'Sullivan, John
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines the background and wartime service of Mennonite conscientious objectors who, when drafted during the Second World War, were assigned work as attendants at the State Mental Hospital in Marlboro, New Jersey. The commitment of Mennonites to lives of nonresistance and to work they viewed as Christian service is shown to be totally consistent with their history and ideology. The work of Mennonite conscientious objectors alleviated the suffering of the mentally ill and their...
Show moreThis thesis examines the background and wartime service of Mennonite conscientious objectors who, when drafted during the Second World War, were assigned work as attendants at the State Mental Hospital in Marlboro, New Jersey. The commitment of Mennonites to lives of nonresistance and to work they viewed as Christian service is shown to be totally consistent with their history and ideology. The work of Mennonite conscientious objectors alleviated the suffering of the mentally ill and their dedication inspired the Mennonite Central Committee to support a program designed to improve mental health care in America.
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Date Issued
1982
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14123
Subject Headings
Mennonites--Parties and movements, Conscientious objectors--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors
Format
Document (PDF)
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE AMERICAN MILITARY SUCCESS IN WORLD WAR II
Title
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE AMERICAN MILITARY SUCCESS IN WORLD WAR II.
Creator
ROBERTS, JOHN WILLIAM, JR., Florida Atlantic University, O'Sullivan, John
Abstract/Description
General John J. Pershing was the Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and led the United States, along with our Allies, to victory in that war. His contribution to American military preparedness in the future was also very significant. Pershing created the first modern American army in France during 1917-1918 in spite of great difficulties. He developed the organizations, the training methods and the leaders that carried over to World War II. His influence on military...
Show moreGeneral John J. Pershing was the Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and led the United States, along with our Allies, to victory in that war. His contribution to American military preparedness in the future was also very significant. Pershing created the first modern American army in France during 1917-1918 in spite of great difficulties. He developed the organizations, the training methods and the leaders that carried over to World War II. His influence on military leaders of the caliber of Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and George S. Patton, Jr. was substantial. All of these elements combined played an important part in our successful conclusion of the Second World War and assured Pershing a place in history as a part of that triumph.
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Date Issued
1981
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14082
Subject Headings
Pershing, John J--(John Joseph),--1860-1948
Format
Document (PDF)
Leesburg, Florida during World War II: Portrait of an American home front
Title
Leesburg, Florida during World War II: Portrait of an American home front.
Creator
Tinsley, Robin C., Florida Atlantic University, Norman, Sandra
Abstract/Description
World War II has been considered a "golden age" for Americans, years during which civilians cooperated in defense programs and faced shortages with cheerful self-sacrifice. The wartime experiences of individual communities such as Leesburg, Florida, provide pieces of the national mosaic and offer insight into small town perspectives of home front duty and obligation. Leesburg's residents faced the same adjustments as other Americans, and their immersion in wartime activities cultivated...
Show moreWorld War II has been considered a "golden age" for Americans, years during which civilians cooperated in defense programs and faced shortages with cheerful self-sacrifice. The wartime experiences of individual communities such as Leesburg, Florida, provide pieces of the national mosaic and offer insight into small town perspectives of home front duty and obligation. Leesburg's residents faced the same adjustments as other Americans, and their immersion in wartime activities cultivated characteristic home front patriotism. Though the town's population nearly doubled when unprecedented military expansion brought thousands of personnel into the area, and hundreds of German POWs arrived to ease the critical agricultural labor shortage, Leesburg was spared the severe deprivation, health problems, and social tensions common in overcrowded defense industry areas. Thus Leesburg successfully preserved its civic goals, its social values, and its small town atmosphere, and experienced a slow but steady rate of growth and improvement during the war.
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Date Issued
2002
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13164
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Social Aspects--United States, United States--Social conditions--1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Florida--Leesburg, Prisoners of war--Florida--History--20th century, World War, 1939-1945--Prisons and prisoners, American, World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States, Leesburg, FL--Social conditions
Format
Document (PDF)
FLYING WITH WINGS OF DETERMINATION: BRITISH, SOVIET AND AMERICAN WOMEN PILOTS DURING WORLD WAR II
Title
FLYING WITH WINGS OF DETERMINATION: BRITISH, SOVIET AND AMERICAN WOMEN PILOTS DURING WORLD WAR II.
Creator
Nall, John Dale, Ganson, Barbara, Florida Atlantic University, Department of History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
This thesis is an international comparative analysis on the women pilots of Britain’s Air Transport Auxiliary, the Soviet Union’s Aviation Group 122, and the United States’ Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, Women’s Flying Training Detachment, and the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II. Women pilots in these groups were motivated by three different factors in each country to aid the war effort and that determination was a common thread among these groups that drove them to serve...
Show moreThis thesis is an international comparative analysis on the women pilots of Britain’s Air Transport Auxiliary, the Soviet Union’s Aviation Group 122, and the United States’ Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, Women’s Flying Training Detachment, and the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II. Women pilots in these groups were motivated by three different factors in each country to aid the war effort and that determination was a common thread among these groups that drove them to serve their countries’ militaries. What made the pilots’ efforts stand out was that they offered the Allies an advantage over the Axis Powers in terms of utilizing an additional workforce. Unfortunately, these women are widely unrecognized for this advantage and are brushed aside. It is important to recognize the significance of how these women impacted the Allies socially and militarily, and this work aims to expand the discussion in World War II studies.
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Date Issued
2023
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014150
Subject Headings
Aviation--History, Women air pilots, World War II
Format
Document (PDF)
Seeking Closure: Japanese Manga and Re-Imagining Word War II
Title
Seeking Closure: Japanese Manga and Re-Imagining Word War II.
Creator
Bommarito, Concetta Marie, McGuirk, Carol, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
I discuss Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga (Japanese comics) series in light of theoretical approaches to comics and graphic novels that were developed by Will Eisner and Scott McCloud. Chapter one summarizes the fusing of traditional Japanese scroll art and Western comics that would create manga and describe the cultural conditions after World War II that drove this fusion. The chapter also describes the principle of closure that this form relies so heavily on....
Show moreI discuss Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga (Japanese comics) series in light of theoretical approaches to comics and graphic novels that were developed by Will Eisner and Scott McCloud. Chapter one summarizes the fusing of traditional Japanese scroll art and Western comics that would create manga and describe the cultural conditions after World War II that drove this fusion. The chapter also describes the principle of closure that this form relies so heavily on. Chapter two discusses how manga have directly dealt with the repercussions of World War II; it is focused primarily on Barefoot Gen. Chapter three examines how censorship and taboos have hindered discussions ofthe war in Japan, how this censorship contributed to the terrorist attacks of Aum Shinrikyo, and how manga such as Akira have used subtle codes and references to introduce to Japan further discuss the true legacy of World War II.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000895
Format
Document (PDF)
PACIFIST MOVEMENT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH DURING WORLD WAR II: A STUDY OF CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE MEN IN A NONPACIFIST CHURCH
Title
THE PACIFIST MOVEMENT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH DURING WORLD WAR II: A STUDY OF CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE MEN IN A NONPACIFIST CHURCH.
Creator
EWING, EMERSON KEITH., Florida Atlantic University, O'Sullivan, John
Abstract/Description
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 provided that the conscientious objector could do "work of national importance under civilian direction." The arrangement worked out between the government and the National Service Board for Religious Objectors was the Civilian Public Service camps. The Methodist Church had the largest number of Civilian Public Service men of any nonpacifist church. Methodists strongly emphasized pacifism and the evils of war in the 1930s, especially among the...
Show moreThe Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 provided that the conscientious objector could do "work of national importance under civilian direction." The arrangement worked out between the government and the National Service Board for Religious Objectors was the Civilian Public Service camps. The Methodist Church had the largest number of Civilian Public Service men of any nonpacifist church. Methodists strongly emphasized pacifism and the evils of war in the 1930s, especially among the youth. This thesis examines a number of the Methodist men who chose Civilian Public Service instead of either combatant or noncorobatant military service. The study concerns itself with the church's influence upon them, their relationship to the church while in Civilian Public Service, and the effect of this experience on their relationship to the church following their service.
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Date Issued
1982
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14101
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Conscientious objectors., World War, 1939-1945--United States--Methodist Church., National service--United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
war within houses
Title
The war within houses.
Creator
Boles, Hillary., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This work of creative nonfiction is meant to explore the effects of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder in American war veterans and their families. As a work of blended literary journalism and memoir, the author interviewed afflicted veterans from World War II to the current Iraq and Afghanistan wars, included scholarly research, and reflected on how her father's dealings with the disorder have affected her family.
Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/187205
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Patients, Family relationships, Reportage literature, Technique, Creative writing (Higher education), Veterans, Mental health, War, Psychological aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Soviet foreign policy, the meaning of the war in Finland
Title
Soviet foreign policy, the meaning of the war in Finland.
Creator
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich
Date Issued
1940
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/368638
Subject Headings
Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940., World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Communist Critiques, Analyses, etc., Finland., World War II., International Relations., Workers Library Publishers., New York, United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
WAR POETRY: WHITMAN, HARDY, AND JARRELL
Title
WAR POETRY: WHITMAN, HARDY, AND JARRELL.
Creator
KILPATRICK, DIANA D., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
Abstract/Description
The war poetry of Randall Jarrell reflects themes found in the war poetry of Walt Whitman and Thomas Hardy. The period represented ranges from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II. Hardy wrote about five wars and experienced four in his lifetime; Whitman experienced the American Civil War; and Jarrell experienced World War II. Nature, often seen by the poets as "wounded" and sometimes complementary to war, is important to the poets, who incorporated her as healer, as absorber of the dead,...
Show moreThe war poetry of Randall Jarrell reflects themes found in the war poetry of Walt Whitman and Thomas Hardy. The period represented ranges from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II. Hardy wrote about five wars and experienced four in his lifetime; Whitman experienced the American Civil War; and Jarrell experienced World War II. Nature, often seen by the poets as "wounded" and sometimes complementary to war, is important to the poets, who incorporated her as healer, as absorber of the dead, and as a symbolic background for war. The three poets wrote about people in war. Often the soldiers were helpless child victims who withstood the rigors of the military by establishing camaraderie or escaping through dreams and death. Advancing technology brought war, with its machinery and informational immediacy, close to civilians, affecting them and their soldiers as never before.
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Date Issued
1986
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14308
Subject Headings
War poetry, Jarrell, Randall,--1914-1965--Criticism and interpretation, Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928--Criticism and interpretation, Whitman, Walt,--1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation
Format
Document (PDF)
Sixty-Six Years of Love and Tears: Ilene Coppa, the Home Front, and the Marriage of a Lifetime
Title
Sixty-Six Years of Love and Tears: Ilene Coppa, the Home Front, and the Marriage of a Lifetime.
Creator
Coppa, Ilene (Interviewee), Moraco, Susan (Interviewee), Stone, Daniel (Interviewer)
Date Issued
2010-09-25
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3358427
Subject Headings
Oral histories --Florida, Oral history, World War II, Families, Marriage
Format
Set of related objects
REPATRIATION WARS: THE POLITICAL CULTURE AND IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT WITHIN UN POW CAMPS DURING THE KOREAN WAR
Title
REPATRIATION WARS: THE POLITICAL CULTURE AND IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT WITHIN UN POW CAMPS DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
Creator
Brockelbank, Madison A., Ely, Christopher, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
During the Korean War, POWs within UN POW camps participated in riots and mass-demonstrations, as anxieties over repatriation increased. Not all POWs who were against repatriation were against Communism and not all POWs who wanted repatriation were radical Communists. However, almost all Chinese and Koreans living in post-World War II East Asia during this period experienced increasing pressure to pick a side. The US, North Korea, South Korea, China, and Taiwan all manipulated the POWs’ fight...
Show moreDuring the Korean War, POWs within UN POW camps participated in riots and mass-demonstrations, as anxieties over repatriation increased. Not all POWs who were against repatriation were against Communism and not all POWs who wanted repatriation were radical Communists. However, almost all Chinese and Koreans living in post-World War II East Asia during this period experienced increasing pressure to pick a side. The US, North Korea, South Korea, China, and Taiwan all manipulated the POWs’ fight over repatriation to support specific ideologies and legitimize new regimes. Regardless of whether a POW was ideologically motivated, the POW issue was definitely a direct result of the Cold War mentality which perpetuated the recent civil wars in China and Korea. Thus, the appalling level of POW violence in the UN camps revealed how the Cold War ideological struggle was deeply complicated by the lingering civil wars in China and the Korean peninsula.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00203
Format
Document (PDF)
Interview with Bernice Butler Chavez and Manuel J. Chavez Jr.
Title
Interview with Bernice Butler Chavez and Manuel J. Chavez Jr.
Creator
Chavez, Bernice Butler (Interviewee), Chavez, Manuel J. Jr. (Interviewee), Kintop, Aubrey (Interviewer)
Date Issued
2010-09-28
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3358431
Subject Headings
Oral histories --Florida, World War II, Rationing, Boca Raton Army Air Field (Fla.), Oral history
Format
Set of related objects
The Future of Britain's Mercantile Marine
Title
The Future of Britain's Mercantile Marine.
Date Issued
1945
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/2683616
Subject Headings
Communism., United Kingdom., Seamen., World War II., Communist Critiques, Analyses, etc., Communist Party., London, England, United Kingdom.
Format
Document (PDF)
Interview with Natan Zielon
Title
Interview with Natan Zielon.
Creator
Zielon, Natan (Interviewee), Gladstone, Devon (Interviewer)
Date Issued
2010-10-01
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3358461
Subject Headings
Oral histories --Florida, Oral history, World War II, Wodzisław (Poland), Sedziszow (Poland), Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Skarzysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
Format
Set of related objects
Interview with Sam Greene - ca. 2008
Title
Interview with Sam Greene - ca. 2008.
Creator
Greene, Sam (Interviewee), Korsiuk, Beata E.(Interviewer)
Date Issued
2008-02-04
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT75738
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews, Israel Arab War, 1948-1949, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
Format
Set of related objects
Interview with Clarence Henry “Hank” McCall, Jr. – ca. 2006
Title
Interview with Clarence Henry “Hank” McCall, Jr. – ca. 2006.
Creator
McCall, Clarence Henry “Hank” Jr. (Interviewee), Steinhauer, Lise M. (Interviewer)
Date Issued
2006-02-08
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT77821
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
Format
Set of related objects
Interview with Mike Rosenkranz – ca. 2008
Title
Interview with Mike Rosenkranz – ca. 2008.
Creator
Rosenkranz, Mike (Interviewee), Rosenkranz, Susan (Interviewer)
Date Issued
2008-02-16
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT78858
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945, United States Army Air Corps, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
Format
Set of related objects

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