What is your favorite part of history to read/learn about?

kansast said

Same here. For me, i believe it's the difference between the pacific (island hopping campaign) vs liberating Europe and it's cities just makes it more interesting for me. Even though most of my relatives who actually served in WWII served in the Pacific theater. I did however thoroughly enjoy the documentary on the "Enterprise" air craft carrier that served through out WWII in the pacific.

Can't say I'm much on reading about any of this. But I thoroughly enjoy a good documentary or movie portraying the WW2 era. Also find myself interested in our Revolutionary period.

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When I was younger I was more into the Pacific - I think I loved the naval aviation story. But in much more recent time, I have really been into Europe and the Battle of Britain in particular. I think it's pretty incredible how it all unfolded: a force of roughly 800 interceptors fought off an attacking force of 3,000 due to a brilliant strategy with a new technology that wasn't fully appreciated by the enemy. Then the whole thing changes after a navigation error brings civilians into the horror of war but saves the defensive force - and the British Isles effectively defeat any prospect of a Nazi invasion.

I have been so into it at times that I would read some of the day-by-day diaries that are online. They were teetering on the knife's edge for a while there. Must have been terrifying to live in England at the time.