1945

The leatherneck is an official Marine Corps publication, published by authority of the Commandant, United States Marine Corps, for overseas Marines.

The Punch Below the Belt pamphlet was issued by the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department in 1945 displaying and explaining Japanese ruses, deception tactics and the use of antipersonnel measures like booby traps and mines. The pamphlet is illustrated with comic style cartoons and pictures, making this a very graphic publication that was designed to train soldiers in the waning days of the war in the Pacific. The text focuses on the nature of the tactics employed by the Japanese.

In 1963 Alexander McKee wrote: David Irving produced his book The Destruction of Dresden. This created a tremendous furor. Undoubtedly there were still some sensitive nerves about. However, Mr. Irving's approach was so historically balanced and precise that I felt he had failed to bring out to the full the terrible truths of the story. I had understood it. But even so, some of his many critics accused him of writing at length of horror for horror's sake, particularly as regards the aftermath of the raids.