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William Welsh’s Best World War II Books List
William Welsh, editor of Military Heritage Magazine, has compiled a list of personal favorites for books on the Second World War. Read more
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Books for January 2017
By Christopher MiskimonThe sun shone brightly overhead as the thin line of U.S. Marines lay in a beet field in France. Read more
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WWII Diary of a Boy Soldier: A Story of Youth and Resistance
Julian Kulski was only ten years old when he was introduced to war. As he hunted for mushrooms near Warsaw, Poland, he was struck by the unmistakable buzz of the German blitzkrieg:
“… we heard the sound of engines. Read more
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Demise of the Japanese Navy
By Christopher MiskimonThe Japanese superbattleship Musashi was steaming east along with a fleet of other battleships, cruisers, and destroyers on their way toward what was expected to be a climactic battle at Leyte Gulf. Read more
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Book Reviews: From the Heroics of Henry Lawton to the Tanks of WWI
By Christopher Miskimon Brothers in Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It(Larrie D. Ferreiro, Alfred A. Read more
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Book Reviews: Russia’s Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916-17
By Christopher MiskimonHeavy fighting raged between German and Russian forces in March 1916 near Lake Naroch in modern-day Belarus. A Russian offensive, which would last for 12 days, was underway to relieve pressure on French forces on the Western Front. Read more
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Book Reviews: Heroism of the Nisei Soldiers
By Christopher Miskimon Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion(Scott McGaugh, Da Capo Press, Boston, 2016, 257 pp., Read more
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Book Review: A Brief Look at Ten New Book Releases
By Christopher MiskimonCourageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics and More (M.R. Cordell, Chicago Review Press, 2016, $19.99, Hardcover) A number of women served in various roles during the conflict. Read more
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Book Review: Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
By Christopher MiskimonThe men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment began a hard march at 8:30 am on February 20, 1864. Read more
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Book Reviews: Nine Literary Picks For May 2017
By Christopher Miskimon Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World(Adrian Goldsworthy, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2016, 513 pp., Read more
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Book Review: Ten Must-Read Books on Military History For April 2017
By Christopher Miskimon Apache Warrior vs US Cavalryman 1846-86(Sean McLachlan, Osprey Publishing, 2016, $20.00, softcover)
The struggle of the Apaches in resistance to the inexorable expansion of the United States brought the two groups into a decades-long conflict. Read more
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Book Review: The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
By Christopher MiskimonPrivate First Class Hector Cafferata was dead tired. It was 1:30 am and he was with three other Marines in a forward listening post in front of the rest of their platoon. Read more
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Demise of the Japanese Navy
By Christopher MiskimonThe Japanese superbattleship Musashi was steaming east along with a fleet of other battleships, cruisers, and destroyers on their way toward what was expected to be a climactic battle at Leyte Gulf. Read more
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A Fierce Glory: The Battle of Antietam
By Christopher Miskimon
In the late afternoon of September 17, 1862 the 7th Maine Regiment received new orders. The Battle of Antietam had raged throughout the day. Read more
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WWII Book Reviews: From Defeat to Victory
By Christopher MiskimonThe Battle of Sangshak is one of those unknown fights that laid thegroundwork for the subsequent Allied victory in World War II. Read more
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Reconnaissance Behind Enemy Lines in Vietnam
By Christopher MiskimonSpecial Forces Sergeant Nick Brokhausen awoke to the taste of dirt in his mouth and the crump of exploding mortar bombs. Read more
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At the Costly Anzio Beachhead
By Christopher MiskimonThe morning of February 16, 1944, dawned foggy over the Via Anziate near Anzio, Italy. The 45th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment had advanced overnight to take positions on the west side of the roadway, assuming its place on the front lines. Read more
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War at Sea
By Christopher MiskimonGunther Prien grew up at sea, joining the merchant service as a cabin boy at 15. In October 1939, with World War II just a month old, the 31-year-old Prien stood in the conning tower of U-47, a German U-boat plying the North Sea toward the United Kingdom. Read more
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Military Book Reviews: George S. Patton and Erwin Rommel
by Lt. Col. Harold E. Raugh, Jr.American General George S. Patton, Jr., and German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel both demonstrated the masterful employment of armored forces in many World War II military campaigns. Read more
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In the Desert and Beyond
By Christopher MiskimonIt was nearly dawn on the morning of March 23, 1943, when a motorcycle and sidecar bearing two soldiers of the 10th Panzer Division blundered into the American lines in front of the town of El Guettar in Tunisia. Read more
