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Mark Stille’s ‘Leyte Gulf’
By Christopher MiskimonHistory often remarks on the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato, but her sister ship, the Musashi, suffered a similar fate at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Read more
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History often remarks on the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato, but her sister ship, the Musashi, suffered a similar fate at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Read more
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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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Admiral Wilhelm Canaris served as Hitler’s chief of military intelligence, leading the Abwehr. Many found him dull and uninteresting, not even a particularly good naval officer. Read more
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Raymond O. Barton earned the nickname “Tubby” at West Point due to his athletic ability in football and wrestling. Read more
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When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, it began four and a half years of brutal occupation. Read more
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The Italian Campaign had to be fought, though no one on the Allied side wished to fight it. Read more
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At 0812 hours on August 6, 1945, the B29 bomber carrying the atomic bomb began its final bomb run. Read more
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As France fell in May 1940, scientist Vannevar Bush delivered a note to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Read more
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The Battle for Berlin was the climax of the War in Europe. This massive operation involved 2.3 million Soviet troops on two fronts, from the east and south. Read more
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At 3:30 in the morning, the first mortar round exploded on the Capo Murro di Porco gun battery on the island of Sicily. Read more
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The first days of the Ardennes Offensive were hard on the American forces defending the region. St Vith was hit especially hard. Read more
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Spitfires is the story of 26 American women who shared a love for the air and a desire to do what their own country wouldn’t let them—contribute to the war effort as pilots. Read more
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A small stone bridge over the Merderet River was a linchpin in the Allied invasion of Normandy, part of a causeway through marshy land that would allow troops from Utah Beach to get to Cherbourgh—the only deepwater port that could support such a massive military offensive. Read more
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It took an ideologically and politically divided coalition to defeat the global threat of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Read more
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The 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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When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, it began four and a half years of brutal occupation. Read more
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The 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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The Cold War never became hot in part due to the efforts of the US Strategic Air Command (SAC). Read more
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When 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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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