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When the Battle of Austerlitz turned against the Alliance of which Russia was part, it was the cavalry of the Russian Imperial Guard who managed to capture the only French regimental eagle of the day from the 4th Line Regiment. Read more
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Within a year of graduating high school, Tom Fiegel received his draft notice. Entering the army, he was soon assigned to aviation. Read more
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Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885) rose from rural poverty and obscurity in Hunan Province to become a powerful Han Chinese official in a nation controlled by the Manchu. Read more
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By Christopher Miskimon
Michael Kelly, the Gunner, flew fire support missions in a UH1 helicopter. Peter Burbank, the Grunt, served as an infantryman, relying on the support those helicopters could give him in battle. Read more
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After American Embassy personnel in Tehran were taken hostage in 1979, the US military organized a rescue mission known as Operation Eagle Claw. Read more
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The Battle of Gettysburg is one of the most pivotal and important battles in the American Civil War and in American military history. Read more
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The English invasion of France in 1415 seized the French port of Harfleur, but only after a long siege. Read more
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The British Commander in Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany, abbreviated as BRIXMIS, resulted from a little-known agreement allowing liaison missions where British observers could move freely in the Soviet/East German Zone. Read more
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At the Gates of Rome: The Battle for a Dying Empire (Don Holloway, Osprey Publishing, 2024, 367 pp., Read more
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Adolf Hitler served in a Bavarian regiment on the Western Front during nearly all of World War I. Read more
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Lieutenant Commander Ernest E. Evans arrived at his new command, USS Johnston (DD-557) at the Seattle-Tacoma shipyard. The ship had yet to be completed; workers were still welding and riveting. Read more
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The Polaroid Optical Ring Sight greatly increased the accuracy of gunners. It is little known that the creation of this sighting system was the result of a combined effort of a disparate group of Americans, including optics experts, miners, moonshiners, Soldiers, Marines, and even an artist. Read more
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The Marine Corps fielded 484,000 troops in the Pacific during the war; the US Army contributed 1.77 million. Read more
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On the morning of December 19, 1944, artillery began to fall on the men of the 482nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. Read more
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On September 19, 1944, Walter Stitt, serving as a loader in an M4 Sherman, lost his first tank. Read more
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From the time the invasion fleet arrived off the Normandy coast and the first pathfinders parachuted out of their aircraft inland, the press was formulating a narrative of the event which would inform the American view of the event up to the current day. Read more
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Alaric the Goth spent years fighting the Roman Army under their Gen. Flavius Stilicho, then served as a Roman officer, leading a Visigoth army which helped defeat Roman foes. Read more
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During the 1980s, Libyan dictator Muamar Qaddafi began an undeclared war against the United States, supporting terrorist attacks and sponsoring various terror groups in the Middle East. Read more
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The Mongols were always a dangerous force on land, with massive armies of horsemen employing great mobility to defeat their foes. Read more
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By Christopher Miskimon
Waller King, Joe Albritton and Homer Ainsworth grew up in the same neighborhood in Clinton, Mississippi. They knew each other at school, in church and everyday life. Read more
