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Knee Deep Into History Battlefield Tours We offer small group and individual tours of the WW1 and WW2 battlefields focused on getting clients into the field.

Final reminder. To register for tomorrow's online seminar email your name, state and country to kneedeepintohistory@gmai...

03/08/2025

Final reminder. To register for tomorrow's online seminar email your name, state and country to [email protected].

03/06/2025

Join us this Sunday, 9 March, for the second online seminar looking at Kampfgruppe Peiper's advance and ultimate encirclement in the Battle of the Bulge. This was supposed to be the spearhead unit, reaching the Meuse River and Antwerp. Instead, it became encircled before Christmas 1944.

To receive the Zoom link, please email your name, state and country to [email protected].

One more thing: Remember that daylight savings time in the United States begins that day. See you Sunday!

03/02/2025

Our latest blog post on the Slow Travel Tours website. Enjoy the read, look at our 2025 schedule and join us on a tour built for history buffs!

Join Knee Deep Into History on a small-group WW1 or WW2 military history tour in 2025 for an unforgettable travel adventure.

02/28/2025

A reminder to join us for our next online seminar, "Following KG Peiper's Advance Using Google Earth" by German historian and guide Markus Klauer. Admission is gratis. To enroll, please email your name, state and country to [email protected]. We'll send the Zoom link.

See you Sunday!

02/26/2025

Be sure to join us this Sunday for Markus' unique online Zoom presentation: "Following KG Peiper's Advance Using Google Earth."

To enroll, email your name, state and country to [email protected]. See you Sunday!

02/22/2025

Don't forget to register for tomorrow's seminar. This will be a unique look at N**i Germany's aircraft industry and the late-war Allied bombing campaign.

Email your name, state and country to [email protected]. See you then.

02/20/2025

Reminder to join us this Sunday for a look at the Luftwaffe's Fighter Program in late-war Germany. To participate, email your name, state and country to [email protected]. See you Sunday!

02/18/2025

Join us this Sunday, 23 February, for our next online seminar: "The Luftwaffe's Fighter Program Role as a Pillar of N**i Political, Economic and Strategic Policy, 1944-45." Time is 1:00pm Eastern Standard TIme / 7:00pm Central European Time.

To participate, email your name, state and country to [email protected]. Hope to see you on Sunday!

02/14/2025

Little to Bragg about!

It was interesting seeing some of my (50+ year-old, white) peers' reactions to the renaming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg. A fair number welcomed it, remembering the name fondly from their days in the service. Some reposted the proclamation letter.

SoD Hegseth seems to have pulled off a perfect coup, finding a brave young paratrooper and winner of the Silver Star with the same last name as the Confederate general the fort was originally named after. The fort can go back to its original name, but it now appears to be honoring the airborne and special ops troops that train there. The citation reads: "This directive honors the personal courage and selfless service of all those who have trained to fight and win our nation's wars including Pfc. Bragg, and is in keeping with the installation's esteemed and storied history."

I'm not saying that Pfc. Roland L. Bragg didn't do brave things. Few soldiers are nominated for and receive the Silver Star. However, in the "golden age" and "meritocracy" that we are now supposedly living in, should we be naming one of the premier U.S. military bases after a Silver Star winner? Why not name the base after a Medal of Honor or DSM recipient, or one of the many airborne regimental or divisional commanders who distinguished themselves leading from the front? Several names come to mind that we discuss on our various battlefield tours.

In my opinion, there is little to Bragg about in this act. The Secretary of Defense passed up an opportunity to honor one of the many great airborne leaders that helped us win WW2.

02/08/2025

Final reminder to register for tomorrow's seminar, "D-Day: A Closer Look at the Allied Landings." To join, email your name, state and country to [email protected]. See you tomorrow!

02/06/2025

Join us this Sunday for "D-Day: A Closer Look at the Allied Landings." To reserve your space, email your name, state and country to [email protected].

02/04/2025

https://mailchi.mp/9486ef62d363/2025-tour-schedule-battle-of-the-bulge-events-and-tour-recap-next-seminar-topic-is-d-day-and-more

Our latest newsletter (link above) covers a Battle of the Bulge commemoration, recaps our 80th Anniversary Battle of the Bulge Tour, and gives updates on our 2025 tours. Enjoy the read!

02/01/2025

Last reminder to sign up for tomorrow's online seminar, "D-Day: Storming the German-Held Beaches" by Markus Klauer.

To receive the Zoom login details, please send your name, state and country to [email protected].

See you tomorrow!

01/30/2025

Join us this Sunday for our next online Seminar: "D-Day: Storming the German-Held Beaches" by tour guide and historian Markus Klauer. This presentation will look at efforts to strengthen the Atlantic Wall in late 1943 / early 1944 before turning to the landings themselves.

To enroll, email your name, state and country to [email protected]. See you Sunday!

01/24/2025

This coming Sunday, 26 January, I will be presenting the online seminar "From WW1 to WW2: A Look at Key American Leaders." To sign-up and receive the Zoom link, simply email your name, state and country to [email protected].

Hope to see you on Sunday!

01/18/2025

Last chance to register for tomorrow's online Seminar: "From WW1 to WW2: A Look at Key German Leaders" by Markus Klauer. To register, please email your name, state and country to [email protected]. We'll send you the Zoom link. See you tomorrow!

01/16/2025

Reminder: Join us for our first online Seminar of the 2025 season. Our topic this Sunday is "From WW1 to WW2: A Look at Key German Leaders." To receive the login details, email your name, state and country to [email protected]. Hope to see you there.

01/14/2025

Join us on Sunday 19 January and Sunday 26 January for our first online seminars of the 2025 season. The topic is "From WW1 to WW2: A Look at Key Leaders." We'll discuss the personalities and career paths of key German and American leaders in the European Theater of Operations during WW2. Many of them received their baptism of fire in WW1.

Full details are in the jpg below. To receive a login link, email your name, state and country to [email protected]. Hope to see you there!

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After touring the WW1 (and WW2) battlefields almost annually since 1986, I decided to pursue my passion. In March 2017 I quit my day job and during 2017-18--the Centennial of WW1--I spent eight months in France as a freelance guide to the American battlefields. Knee Deep Into History is a natural extension of that activity and my battlefield tour philosophy, which includes: 1) A preference for small-group over large-group tours, 2) a desire to get clients into the field as much as possible, 3) an attempt to present a balanced view of both sides, 4) a tour designed for those seriously interested in history, and 5) a desire to introduce clients to local, not American, culture. If this is the type of battlefield tour that you favor, I encourage you to book your next battlefield tour with me.