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Dear valued reader – With posts about the Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials, we draw our Enemy in the Mirror website coverage of WWII to a close and embark on what would become known as the Cold War. I began this website as I dug deeply into the literature and travelled to Japan, researching my first history-inspired novel Enemy in the Mirror: Love and Fury in the Pacific War. 
Hakodate, Japan Researching the war against the U-Boats off the East Coast USA, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean for my soon-to-be-published second novel The Osprey and the Seawolf ~ The Battle of the Atlantic 1942, I visited Germany, Cuba, Yucatán and Florida.
Lübeck Germany
Havana Cuba
Mérida, Yucatán 
Jacksonville, Florida
As I learned fascinating cultural and historical information about America and her enemies during the years leading up and into WWII, I began to post it here. Born in 1942, I find myself drawn to write about America’s wars that have occurred in my lifetime. As I prepare to publish my second WWII novel The Osprey and the Seawolf ~ Moonlight Warriors 1942, I am beginning to research the years 1945-50 that lead up to the Korean War – the topic of my third novel. As always, I will share interesting cultural and historical information I encounter on this website. I would like to encourage readers to share comments and links to additional information and analysis pertinent to the topics discussed.
In an attempt to know you better and promote dialogue, I pose this question:
What topics interest you most about this website?
You can enter other topics and suggestions or copy & paste topics from this list into the comments box below.
historical events
world politics
military & political leaders
battles
military equipment & tactics
emotion
home front culture – customs, religion, arts, literature, music
Home Front – USA
Home Front – Enemy
The Korean War was much more real than WWII to me because I saw the newsreels; it wasn’t history – it was a current event. However, the purpose of the war never made much sense to me. Wars don’t end until the last combat vet dies and takes his horrors with him.
http://articles.latimes.com/1996-05-26/news/mn-8540_1_korean-war
Right on, Doug. Now we’ll get into the Cold War leading up to the next one you and I well remember – the Korean War.
Very cool! I am interested in hearing more about:
Homefront culture – customs, religion, arts, literature, music
Emotion
And the home front, both USA & enemy
The new book sounds very intriguing:)
Thanks, Daisha. I am also quite interested in the home front of enemy nations: particularly arts & literature, newspapers, movies, sports, culture & holidays and of course, the emotional tone in each country as war approaches or becomes a reality.
If you can think of anything I missed, please chime in!
Postings are very fine.The research very profesional.Ilike this page.My interests are historycal events,batles ,milytary equipment.
Many thanks, Eduardo. I will continue covering the antecedent historical events and major battles in a chronological fashion. I also think it’s important to highlight the equipment (e.g. Zeroes, tanks).