What factors influenced plans to invade the enemy homeland of Germany and Japan?
Go from the Battle of the Bulge to the islands of the Pacific today learning about the events of 1945 that concluded World War II. Watch today’s panels and discussions from the International Conference on World War II for free on #livestream, and join the conversation using #ww2conf: http://bit.ly/1KDEG7p
Today’s Panels:
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CST - “The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Gamble”
- Introduction - Dr. Keith Huxen
- Oral History Showcase “Halting Hitler’s Hopes”
- “Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge” - Antony Beevor
- “A Review of Antony Beevor’s The Ardennes” - Dr. Harold Winton and Dr. Jens Westemeier
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. CST - “Hell in the Pacific: Manila, Iwo Jima and Okinawa”
- Introduction - Dr. Keith Huxen
- Oral History Showcase “Liberating Manila”
- “Manila: From Pearl of the Orient to “The Warsaw of Asia” - Dr. Richard Meixsel
- Oral History Showcase “The Emperor’s Front Door”
- “Do Not Plan on My Return: Fighting to the Last Man on Iwo Jima” – Dr. Haruo Tohmatsu
- “The Hellish Harbinger: Kamikaze attacks at Okinawa” - Jonathan Parshall
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CST - “The Air War in 1945: Effectiveness and Ethics in the Skies over Germany”
- Introduction - Dr. Nick Mueller
- Oral History Showcase “Unleashing Hell from Above
- “Finishing off the Reich” - Dr. Donald Miller
- “The ‘Cigar’ who Brought the ‘Firewind’” - Dr. Conrad Crane
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. CST - “Invading the Enemy Homeland: A Comparison and Contrast”
- Introduction - Dr. Keith Huxen
- Oral History Showcase “Fighting on Their Soil”
- “The Leap across the Rhine: Plans and Operations into Germany” – Rick Atkinson
- “Codename: DOWNFALL: The Plans to Invade Japan” - Richard Frank
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