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Captain James Lawrence climbed the rigging of the frigate USS Chesapeake in Boston Harbor on June 1, 1813, to get a better look at the unknown ship on the horizon. Read more
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HMS Dreadnought was such a revolutionary design its name became the byword for an entire class of warship. Read more
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Unmanned aerial vehicles are generally thought of as a modern weapon of war, a product of the digital age. Read more
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The Romans found Britain to be a terrifying land. They had little information about its people and they found it difficult to invade. Read more
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a samurai and feudal lord, unified Japan and ushered in a period of peace for the war-torn nation. Read more
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Few festivities occurred on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ardennes Forest. Thousands of soldiers struggled to attack or defend positions, or to simply survive. Read more
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By Christopher Miskimon
Private Harlan J. Hinkle enlisted in the United States Marine Corps the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. Read more
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Z Special Unit: The Elite Allied World War II Guerrilla Force (Gavin Mortimer, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2022, 240 pp., Read more
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Claus Neuber served as an artillery officer in the German Army on the Eastern Front. In June 1944, the Soviets launched Operation Bagration, a massive offensive which crushed German Army Group Center. Read more
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A 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 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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The 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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Gottfried 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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The 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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As 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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The 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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The 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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The Six-Day War began on June 5, 1967, with a lightning assault by Israeli armored units and aircraft. Read more
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General George S. Patton, Jr., entered his first World War II battlefield on the morning of November 8, 1942. Read more
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On 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
