World War II History revisited

By Tim Engstrom
The audience applauds at a WWII Round Table program in May at the Minnesota History Center.

ST. PAUL —The Harold C. Deutsch World War II History Round Table welcomes author Richard Sherman on Oct. 27.

Sherman wrote “Never Home” and plans to speak on cemeteries of the American Battle Monuments Commission around the world and interesting facts about American veterans interred in them.

All round table programs start at 7 p.m. at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. There is only a $6-per-car parking fee.

Other coming programs are:

  • Nov. 10: Jonathan Jordan, author of “Ike & Winston,” analyzes the relationship forged between the supreme commander and the British prime minister.
  • Dec. 8: Mark Stille, “author of Pearl Harbor,” shares his new analysis of the Japanese attack on Hawaii in 1941.
  • Jan. 12: Craig Luther, author of “Guderian’s Panzers” highlights the operations of the 2nd Panzer Group to show the successus of Barbarossa in 1941 and the reversal that led to the collapse of the German Army.
  • Feb. 9: Brian Johnson, author of “Through Blood & Brotherhood,” discusses Yugoslavia and the Tito Partisans as they disrupted the Nazi planning.
  • March 9: Eric Setzekorn, author of “Uncertain Allies” will describe the military events in the China-Burma-India Theater that attempted to halt the occupation of India by the Japanese.
  • March 23: Sara Vladic, author of “The Dangerous Shore,” talks about the many unlikely and overlooked heroes who prevented an invasion of American shores.
  • April 13: Jonathan Horn, author of “The Fate of the Generals,” walks the audience through the Battle of the Philippines and the relations between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright.
  • April 27: Vincent O’Hara, author of “The Greatest Naval War Ever Fought,” unfolds the global impact of world war on the waterways.
  • May 11: Kevin Hymel, author of “Patton: Vol. 3,” tells the final years of Gen. George S. Patton’s life, from the Battle of the Bulge to the fatal limousine crash in Mannheim, Germany, to his choice to be interred in Luxembourg.