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Soldiers: King Pepin the Short

King Pepin III expanded Frankish power in the 8th century and embarked on military campaigns that laid the groundwork for his son Charlemagne’s conquests.

24 December 2021

Julian Gnam

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The Raven Forward Air Controllers

The Raven forward air controllers played a pivotal role during the CIA’s top-secret war in Laos.

10 December 2021

Julian Gnam

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Turco-Mongol Emir Timur: Scourge of the East

Turco-Mongol Emir Timur embarked on a long march of conquest in the 14th century known for its savagery. Even the rival Golden Horde could not withstand his fury.

24 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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Clash of Empires

At the limits of his operational reach, Napoleon achieved a stunning victory at Austerlitz in December 1805 over the combined imperial armies of Austria and Russia in Central Europe.

22 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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Weapons: The A-10 Warthog Attack Aircraft

The tough, reliable A-10 Thunderbolt "Warthog" ground-attack plane has provided U.S. troops with close-air support for three decades.

15 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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The Battle of the Wabash: Slaughter in the Snow

At the Battle of the Wabash, Native Americans of the Western Confederacy launched a stunning surprise attack on Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair’s army marching to disband them.

15 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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Fatal Blow at the Battle of Megiddo

Edmund Allenby’s Egyptian Expeditionary Force ran roughshod over Ottoman forces in Palestine in September 1918 in a brilliant campaign that forced the Turks to the peace table.

12 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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Soldiers: General Peter Bagration

Russian general Peter Bagration faced his supreme test against Napoleon on the battlefield of Borodino in 1812.

10 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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U.S. Marine Hero John J. Kelly in World War I

During the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Marine John J. Kelly single-handedly knocked out a German machine-gun nest, for which he received the Medal of Honor.

5 November 2021

Julian Gnam

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Uniform: Hussite Peasant of the 15th Century

22 September 2021

Carl Gnam

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Sweden’s Desperate Stand at Lesnaya

Swedish King Charles XII’s army of invasion in Russia desperately needed resupply in the summer of 1709. A supply train trying to reach it came under sharp attack by Czar Peter I.

8 September 2021

Carl Gnam

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Gaius Marius led his Roman Legions against the Celto-Germanic Cimbri

Following a string of humiliating defeats at the hands of Celto-Germanic barbarians, the Roman army sought to reverse the trend at Aquae Sextiae in 102 bc.

6 September 2021

Julian Gnam

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MacArthur’s Brilliant Landing at Inchon, Korea

General Douglas MacArthur directed a bold amphibious operation at Inchon during the Korean War. The landing turned the tide of battle by breaking the Pusan stalemate and liberating Seoul.

1 September 2021

Carl Gnam

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A Massacre of U.S. Soldiers Started the Second Seminole War

The massacre of a column of U.S. soldiers ignited the Second Seminole War in 1835. Colonel Zachary Taylor confronted the Seminoles two years later at Lake Okeechobee in the war’s only pitched battle.

27 August 2021

Carl Gnam

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Germany’s Rebel Duke Henry the Lion

Henry the Lion significantly expanded the Duchy of Saxony in a series of wars against the West Slavs in the 12th century. But his growing power created a backlash in Germany.

20 August 2021

Carl Gnam

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