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Acclaimed historian Martin Blumenson’s new book is Heroes Never Die: Warriors and Warfare in World War II, 50 articles and essays on WW II spanning the likes of Anzio, successful but often overlooked corps commanders,George Patton, generalship, and notably, the first Ranger commander, Colonel William O. Read more
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Everyone who was alive on that fateful Sunday morning remembers it all too clearly, and those born later are well aware of what befell the U.S. Read more
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An unimaginable plight and an insufferable experience is a fitting way to describe the Bataan Death March in the spring of 1942. Read more
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The Free Press continues to provide top-quality and original military history with Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I (by John S.D. Read more
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Patrick K. O’Donnell, founder of The Drop Zone, an award-winning Web site that is a virtual community for veterans of World War II, makes his mark as an author in a dramatic and poignant oral history. Read more
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B-17: Flying Fortress—The Mighty Eighth from Hasbro Interactive lets players recreate the exploits of the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II. Read more
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To this day the First World War remains contested territory: people still care passionately about it and hotly dispute its causes, character, and its legacies,” write the editors of The Great War and the Twentieth Century, Jay Winter, Geoffrey Parker, and Mary R. Read more
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This millennium year was replete, as most years are, with terrific works of military history. Following are my choices as the year’s best. Read more
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Historians often claim that the Allies, and most particularly the Americans, won World War II, as Nathan Prefer writes in his introduction of Vinegar Joe’s War: Stilwell’s Campaign’s for Burma, (Presidio Press, Inc., Read more
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John Laurens’ identity, indeed his very being, was tied directly to his status as an officer during the American Revolution. Read more
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Ask anyone today to name the three toughest, most important battles of World War II and chances are good that the name “Iwo Jima” will be at, or somewhere near, the top of the list. Read more
