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Life and Death on the Eastern Front: Rare Colour Photographs from the Second World War
By Christopher MiskimonA trio of Soviet T-26 light tanks sit isolated in a field, green grass reaching the tops of their tracks. Read more
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The 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion: Fighting on Both Fronts
By Christopher MiskimonThe men of the 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion fought two opponents during World War II. From the moment they began their training in 1942, the African American soldiers assigned to the unit faced the prejudice endemic in American society of the time, and by extension the United States Army. Read more
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From the Ardennes to Austria
By Christopher MiskimonThe paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute InfantryRegiment (3/506), 101st Airborne Division fought long and hard during Operation Market-Garden, the Allied assault through Holland aimed at piercing into northern Germany and ending the war. Read more
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Sprechen sie Deutsch?
By Christopher MiskimonGottfried Kurt “Joe” Guennel’s family escaped Germany just after Hitler and his Nazi Party came into power in 1934. Read more
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Ambushed in Suoi Cat
By Christopher MiskimonThe troopers of the 1st Squadron 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, in an armored column in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, on December 2, 1966, waited at their base camp for an order to move out on an escort mission. Read more
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America’s Few
By Christopher MiskimonAs Jim Swett guided his Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter to a landing at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, he looked forward to getting some rest. Read more
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Resurgent U.S. Navy
By Christopher MiskimonThe United States Navy entered World War II well before Pearl Harbor and long before the rest of the nation. Read more
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Belated Medals of Honor Righted Injustices
By Christopher MiskimonThe squat, gray brick Castle Aghinolfi sat on high ground over-looking a coastal road on Italy’s west coast. Read more
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Tanks continued to play a central role in regional conflicts that sprang up around the globe in the post-Vietnam era.
By Christopher MiskimonThe Six-Day War began on June 5, 1967, with a lightning assault by Israeli armored units and aircraft. Read more
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A Flawed and Brilliant WWII Combat Leader
By Christopher MiskimonGeneral George S. Patton, Jr., entered his first World War II battlefield on the morning of November 8, 1942. Read more
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Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne fought a grueling battle against the North Vietnamese for four weeks in 1969 at Tam Ky.
By Christopher MiskimonOn May 21, 1969, while much of the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, is engaging the enemy, Lieutenant Ed Sherwood’s Third Platoon, Delta Company, is guarding rucksacks. Read more
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Michael Napier’s Korean Air War
By Christopher MiskimonA B-29 crew’s worst nightmare was a MiG-15 fighter boring in on them with its 23mm cannon blazing. Read more
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Savage Combat in a Faraway Jungle
By Christopher MiskimonIn February 1944, the Japanese attacked the Commonwealth’s 7th Indian Division near Sinzweya, Burma. The division divided its troops into several defensive “boxes” to blunt the enemy attack. Read more
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U.S. Pilots At War
By Christopher MiskimonLieutenant Robert Samuel Johnson looked around for some friendly planes to fly with to get back to England. Read more
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The Marines of Baker Company of the 5th Marine Regiment fought with great valor in some of the most desperate battles of the Korean War.
By Christopher MiskimonThe men of Baker Company of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines endured a freezing truck ride to Yudam-Ni, near the soon to be infamous Chosin Reservoir, on November 27, 1950. Read more
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The Demise of Army Group South
By Christopher MiskimonWilli Fey served in a Tiger tank crew on the Eastern Front. During March 1944, a massive Soviet offensive struck the area his unit, the Waffen SS Division Das Reich, defended. Read more
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The Luftwaffe Against England
By Christopher MiskimonIn order to establish the necessary conditions for the final conquest of England … I therefore order the Luftwaffe to overpower the English air force with all forces at its command, in the shortest possible time.” Read more
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Alvin York became the most famous of a group of U.S. doughboys who went into harm’s way to thwart a German attack on October 9, 1918.
By Christopher MiskimonOn October 8, 1918, soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 328th Infantry Regiment arrived at Hill 223 and started dying. Read more
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A Canadian-Born Panzer Gunner
By Christopher MiskimonBruno Friesen looked through the sight of his Panzer IV’s 75mm cannon at an approaching column of enemy tanks. Read more
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A herculean effort by the Russian Baltic Fleet to reach the Pacific Ocean ended in agonizing defeat at the Battle of Tsushima.
By Christopher MiskimonOn May 27, 1905, the Russian fleet went into battle against the Japanese navy. For months, this fleet sailed around the world, beginning its long journey in the Baltic Sea. Read more
