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Translated and with comments by O’Brien Browne
This combat diary account by Robert Ritter von Greim describes the frantic attempts of the German Air Force to halt Allied attacks in the closing months of WWI. Read more
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Dear Editor:
What an absolute delight to read James K. Swisher’s article, “Duel in the Backwoods” (December 2002), about the Battle of Cowpens and General Daniel Morgan’s superb generalship and guiding hand during this battle. Read more
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History is as solid as bricks. Things happened and they can’t be changed. But they can be seen with a fresh eye, or they can be noted for effects not apparent at the time. Read more
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Denis de Morbecque, an exiled French knight in the service of the English crown, thought the fighting in the hawthorn hedgerows near Poitiers would never end. Read more
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Dear Mr. Stoddard,
I have just finished reading Pedro Garcia’s “Highway to Victory” (October 2002). In it he states that “only three of these vessels [ironclads] ever became operational, none proving capable of going to sea.” Read more
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Strange it is that American independence owes not only to a crushing American defeat but also to an infamous American traitor. Read more
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The Papuan peninsula is a lush, tropical rainforest on the southeast end of New Guinea populated by Melanesian natives. Read more
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Dear Mr. Stoddard,
The article “Fighting the Tiger” by Eric Niderost (August 2002), regarding the first U.S. military action in Korea in 1871, was very well written. Read more
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The most astonishing looking common aircraft of World War II was the Lockheed Lightning P-38. It had two tails.
Or rather in aircraft talk, it had twin booms ending in vertical stabilizers and rudders. Read more
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Dear Editor,
The otherwise excellent article, “Destroyer Matchup at Kula Gulf,” is marred by the conclusion that this was a “clear American victory.” Read more
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War is a terrible thing to study, but under the assumption that fresh ones are in the offing, such study is at least instructive and at best useful. Read more
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Thanks, sadly, to the blood spilled by soldiers on fields of battle throughout history, there has been plenty of material to fill countless books about the battles they waged. Read more
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Gentlemen:
Your publication is without question one of the better historical magazines. Until …
While reading the features section I noticed this title found at page 38: “Duel at Hampton Roads” by Keith Milton. Read more
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One of the most decisive battles in American history is also one little discussed, the April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto. Read more
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Dear Editor:
I enjoyed your article on Operation Overlord (February 2002). The beaches of Normandy will always be engraved in America’s mind. Read more
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Dear Editor:
Although I did enjoy R. Manning Ancell’s article on the Roman Emperor Trajan (December 2001) I do find fault with his research concerning the tactical formation of the Roman Legions at the time of Trajan’s conquests of Dacia and Parthis. Read more
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Our “war” against Islamic terrorists quickly brings to mind this country’s “war” against Islamic pirates of the Barbary Coast 200 years ago. Read more
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Dear Editor:
I appreciated Bud Hyland’s August 2001 sketch of the scouting forces established by the several services, and can agree in general with his statements about their essential contributions. Read more
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Sabotage! Espionage! Mutiny!” Kurt Jahnke, German Chief of Naval Intelligence for North America, read the dispatch from Berlin in his Mexico City headquarters directing him to launch secret missions into Arizona. Read more
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Dear Editor:
I have read some articles in your magazine recently. And especially I was deeply impressed with Eric Niderost’s article on the Imjin War and Admiral Yi Sun Shin (“Turtleboat Destiny,”June 2001). Read more
