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Joseph Wheelan’s ‘The Farthest Valley’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Chinese assault troops lay down in the snow to hide from the U.S. Marines guarding the American perimeter at Yudam-Ni, November 27, 1950. Read more
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Robert M. Edsel’s ‘Remember Us’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, it began four and a half years of brutal occupation. Read more
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Thomas J. Cutler and Edward J. Marolda’s ‘The Brown Water War at 50’
By Christopher MiskimonThe United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army fought a long campaign along the coast and on the rivers of South Vietnam. Read more
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Peter E. Davies’s ‘Chrome Dome 1960-68’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Cold War never became hot in part due to the efforts of the US Strategic Air Command (SAC). Read more
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John Ferling’s ‘Shots Heard Round the World’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen the British Army marched on Lexington and Concord, the American Revolution began. However, the war was not just between England and its rebellious colonies. Read more
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Josef Lewkowicz and Michael Calvins’ ‘The Survivor’
By Christopher Miskimon
The author was a starving teenage boy, enslaved by the Nazis and imprisoned in a concentration camp. Over the years of his captivity, he spent time in six different camps. Read more
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Steven M. Gillon’s ‘Presidents at War’
By Christopher MiskimonWhile Dwight Eisenhower was the architect or American victory in Europe, John. F. Kennedy commanded a tiny PT Boat in the Pacific. Read more
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Peter Harmsen’s ‘Fury and Ice’
By Christopher MiskimonWeather prediction was vital to nearly all the war efforts of the Axis and the Allies during World War II. Read more
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Peter Zablocki’s ‘The Death of General Sikorski’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen the Nazis and Soviets partitioned Poland in 1939, the Polish government in exile was set up first in France, then in the United Kingdom in 1940 as France fell. Read more
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Tim Cook’s ‘The Good Allies’
By Christopher MiskimonThe United States and Canada share a border thousands of miles long; this naturally gives rise to friction. Read more
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Prit Buttar’s ‘Hero City’
By Christopher MiskimonDuring World War II, the Soviet city of Leningrad endured a siege lasting 900 days. The suffering and starvation of the populace became as legendary as their endurance. Read more
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Philip Kay-Bujak’s ‘Empire Javelin, D-Day Assault Ship’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Empire Javelin carried five companies of the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment across the English Channel over the night of June 5-6, 1944, en route to their appointment with destiny at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Read more
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Ingo Bauernfeind’s ‘US Battleships 1939-45’
By Christopher MiskimonOn December 6, 1941, most people considered the battleship the queens of the world’s oceans. A day later that notion lay smashed and sinking at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Read more
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Steven J. Zaloga’s ‘Beutepanzers of World War II’
By Christopher MiskimonAs Germany conquered neighboring nations in Europe, it made use of whatever military equipment and vehicles were used or manufactured in the occupied territories. Read more
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Brian Bruce’s ‘MacArthur’s Bloody Butchers’
By Christopher MiskimonThe U.S. Army had hundreds of thousands of troops serving in the Pacific Theater, among them G Company, 163rd Infantry, of the 41st Division. Read more
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Mark Lardas’ ‘U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet 1941’
By Christopher MiskimonAs the age of the carrier dawned the Pacific Fleet, the most powerful in the U.S. Navy, was still dominated by battleships. Read more
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Daniel M Braun’s ‘Armored Thunder’
By Christopher MiskimonDuring World War II the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was an independent armored regiment attached to 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade during the Normandy campaign. Read more
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Mick Ryan’s ‘The War for Ukraine’
By Christopher MiskimonThe war in Ukraine is a mix of the old and new. Both sides fight with a combination of weapons that date back to the Soviet Union and which were created after the war began and are still being refined. Read more
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Alex Kershaw’s ‘Patton’s Prayer’
By Christopher MiskimonThe German Ardennes Offensive threatened the Allied lines in December 1944. While it was a crisis, the situation also presented an opportunity. Read more
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Mark Galeotti’s ‘Forged in War’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen the Battle of Austerlitz turned against the Alliance of which Russia was part, it was the cavalry of the Russian Imperial Guard who managed to capture the only French regimental eagle of the day from the 4th Line Regiment. Read more
