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Pacific Waters: Dark and Dangerous
The U.S. Navy’s Task Group 31.2, under the overall command of Commander Frederick Moosbrugger, had a mission to destroy enemy surface ships on the night of August 6, 1943. Read more
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The Mechanization of War in the Desert
By Christopher MiskimonBenito Mussolini dreamed of a new Roman Empire centered around the modern nation of Italy. “The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake,” he said. Read more
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Arthur S. Lefkowitz’ ‘George Washington’s Revenge’
By Christopher MiskimonIn late 1776, the Continental Army was in a desperate position. In August, they retreated from Long Island to Manhattan; in November they withdrew into New Jersey and soon after into Pennsylvania. Read more
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Fighting with Kurdish Anti-Isis Forces
By Christopher MiskimonDr. Till Paasche and Shaun Murray were from different countries, but they came together in Syria. Shaun was just a child when the 9/11 attacks occurred, and by the time he was old enough to serve, the war in Iraq was winding down. Read more
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Michael G. Welham’s Combat Divers
By Christopher MiskimonA group of Israeli divers quietly came ashore at an Egyptian-held island at the south entrance of the Suez Canal in 1969. Read more
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Kelly Eads and Daniel S. Morgan ‘Black Hearts and Painted Guns’
By Christopher MiskimonThe American patrol had spent hours dismounted from their armored Humvees, walking along fields, canals and roads. They found two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), defused them and then decided to use their vehicles to get to the final patrol location. Read more
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Mark Galeotti’s ‘Teutonic Knight Versus Lithuanian Warrior’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Teutonic Knights were a military order dedicated to spreading Christendom into Russia and the Baltic region. Over time, they spread their span of control across the area–until they encountered the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a cohesive nation able to effectively resist the Teutonic Order. Read more
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Eric G. Pinzelli’s ‘Masters of Warfare’
By Christopher MiskimonShivaji Bhonsle “The Great” was a warrior-lord of the Bhonsle Clan. Descended from a line of nobles, he founded the Maratha Empire in 1674. Read more
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Chris McNab’s ‘U.S. Soldier Versus Chinese Soldier’
By Christopher MiskimonThe entry of Chinese troops into the Korean War took UN forces by surprise. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers attacked American units, pushing them back and in some cases encircling them. Read more
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Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Greatest Military Mission Stories Ever Told’
By Christopher MiskimonA battalion of North Vietnamese troops attacked the Marines of 1st Platoon, Company A, 1/9 Marines in their section of the Khe Sanh defenses on February 8, 1968. Read more
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Huw J. Davies’s ‘The Wandering Army’
By Christopher MiskimonOn May 11, 1745, 15,000 British troops marched into battle at Fontenot in two lines and reportedly in perfect order. Read more
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Brian Best’s ‘The Secret War Against Red Russia’
By Christopher MiskimonThe end of World War I did not mean the end of fighting for Russia. The communist Bolsheviks vied for control against the Royalist “White” Russians, leading to brutal conflict. Read more
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“Hitler’s most brilliant general” in France, Poland, and on the Eastern Front
By Lt. Col. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.)World War II German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was considered by many to have been “Hitler’s most brilliant general” and “the ablest commander in their Army.” Read more
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David Chrisinger’s ‘The Soldier’s Truth’
By Christopher MiskimonOn December 16, 1943, journalist Ernie Pyle climbed Mount Sammucro, near the Italian town of San Pietro Infine. Read more
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C.J. Skamarakas’ ‘The Devil Boats’
By Christopher Miskimon“Devil Boat” was a nickname given by the Japanese to American Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats during World War II. Read more
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Bil Paul’s ‘Awaiting the Sun’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Aleutian Islands were the only North American territory to be invaded and occupied by an Axis power during World War II. Read more
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Chris McNab’s ‘Waffen SS Soldier versus Soviet Rifleman’
By Christopher MiskimonWaffen SS units made up only a small part of the German Wehrmacht, but they found frequent use as “fire brigades” across the Eastern Front. Read more
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Ian Baxter’s ‘The Soviet Destruction of Army Group South’
By Christopher MiskimonAfter the destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad in February 1943, the German Army Group South began a slow westward withdrawal, inexorably pressed by advancing Soviet forces of what would eventually be named the First through Fourth Ukrainian Fronts. Read more
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Peter Harmsen ‘Darkest Christmas’
By Christopher MiskimonThe darkest, deadliest Christmas in human history occurred in December 1942. Around the globe, as Christians celebrated their holiday of peace and goodwill, peoples of many different faiths and beliefs continued to slaughter one another. Read more
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Tim Moreman’s ‘Conquest of Burma 1942’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Japanese invasion of Burma in January 1942 pitted its well-trained, mobile, and hard-hitting Fifteenth Army against a conglomerate Allied force composed of British, Commonwealth, Indian and Burmese troops in various states of training, equipment and experience. Read more
