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On Thanksgiving Day 2009, a convoy of three mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles left the south gate of Camp Ramadi, Iraq, and began the roughly three-mile journey to the Provincial Government Building. Read more
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Corporal Manning Haney sat atop a dike near Randwijk, Holland, on October 7, 1944, manning a .50-caliber machine gun. Read more
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The Cold War was fought on every continent and hemisphere in thousands of battles, large and small. Americans are mostly familiar with those the nation was directly involved in, such as Korea and Vietnam. Read more
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One of the most frequently covered what-ifs of World War II is the possibility of a Third Reich wonder weapon changing the course of the war. Read more
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The U.S. Navy in the age of fighting sail was an institution eager to prove itself to the world. Read more
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The island fighting of the Pacific War is often portrayed in the popular media as the sole province of the United States Marines. Read more
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The strength of the British Empire lay in its colonies. Together, they formed a vast trade network which gave the United Kingdom a decided advantage in military ability, finance, and commerce. Read more
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The concept of special operations forces was a new one during World War II. These units performed a combination of espionage and unconventional warfare in support of the larger strategy of achieving victory. Read more
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The 1930s was a decade full of World War II’s antecedents. Fighting broke out at various points around the globe during this decade, and many consider the period to be a training ground for 1939-1945. Read more
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Victory in Europe during World War II is often attributed to various exertions, turning points, and campaigns that spanned several theaters of war. Read more
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While most of the focus on World War II’s beginning centers on Europe and Nazi Germany’s rise, there is also a distinct body of writers and researchers who have turned their gaze eastward toward Asia in the 1930s. Read more
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Many consider the War of 1812 to have been a war the United States should never have waged. Read more
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As war clouds loomed over Europe prior to Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, many Americans were divided into two camps—isolationists or interventionists. Read more
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On January 21, 1945, Lt. Col. Felix Sparks looked out over the rough, hilly terrain of the Vosges Mountains near Reipertswiller, France. Read more
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The Iraq War is now considered a closed chapter in U.S. history but the true lessons are only now beginning to be drawn. Read more
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When Chief Aerographer’s Mate Richard Klos volunteered for “prolonged and hazardous” overseas duty, he had no idea what he was in for. Read more
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Hard-charging and charismatic, U.S. Army General David Petraeus, together with a cadre of subordinates, attempted to rewrite the methods used by the military to wage future wars. Read more
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On the morning of April 12, 1899, a U.S. Navy cutter from the USS Yorktown with a crew of 14 sailors and one officer cautiously made its way up the Baler River in the province of Aurora in the northeastern section of Luzon Island in the Philippines. Read more
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On the cold, dark morning of January 18, 1943, the familiar sound of German Army jackboots could be heard in the Jewish sector of Nazi-occupied Poland. Read more
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It was supposed to be a walk in the sun, another routine mission in a remote Afghanistan village. Read more
