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Blood In The Soil
By Glenn BarnettIn 1939 the one thing that Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin could agree on was the partition of Poland. Read more
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The Great Baltimore Riot of 1812
By Blaine TaylorOne of Baltimore’s less flattering nicknames is “Mob Town,” and there have been several notable riots in the city’s history. Read more
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Third Reich Women at War
By Paul GarsonDuring the 12 years of the highly militarized society of the Third Reich, some 20 million Germans—men and women as well as children—donned a uniform of one kind or another. Read more
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Liberating Slaves in the U.S. Sloop of War Constellation
By Eric NiderostThe U.S. sloop of war Constellation was sailing off the coast of Africa, not far from the Congo River, and both officers and crew were enjoying a night so beautiful it seemed almost like a dream. Read more
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Sole Survivor
By Phil ScearceOn December 1, 1942, a 431st Bomb Squadron Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named Omar Khayyam – The Plastered Bastard took off from a base codenamed Cactus on a photo-reconnaissance mission toward enemy-held Bougainville Island in the Pacific. Read more
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WWII: German Rations and Feeding the Troops of the Third Reich
By G. Paul GarsonIt was Napoleon Bonaparte who purportedly said, “An army travels on its stomach.” Toward the goal of feeding his particular army’s stomach more efficiently, in 1795 the French general came up with an interesting solution to the problem. Read more
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Lend-Lease on the High Seas
By Glenn BarnettAt high tide on the night of March 28, 1942, an American-built British destroyer disguised as a German torpedo boat steamed boldly up the estuary of the Loire River in occupied France. Read more
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Caesar’s Grand Siege at Alesia
By Coley CowanAs Julius Caesar’s Roman army began its march on a late summer day in 52 BC in eastern France it discovered Gallic cavalry barring the way of its vanguard. Read more
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Struggle for Stalin’s Skies
By Kelly Bell
On February 3, 1943, Lieutenant Herbert Kuntz of the 100th Bomber Group made the last flight by any German pilot over the Soviet city of Stalingrad. Read more
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Lust for Glory: Napoleon’s Egypt Campaigns Helped With Invading Europe
By Don HollwayIn May 1798 English spies in Toulon, on the French Mediterranean coast, stood aghast at the gathering of an invasion fleet three times the size of the Spanish Armada: 13 ships of the line, 40 frigates and smaller warships, and 130 cargo vessels bearing more than 17,000 troops, 700 horses, and 1,000 cannons. Read more
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The 1st Polish Armoured Division Served with Honor
By William StroockPolish Major General Stanislaw Macze, commander of the 1st Polish Armoured Division stood tall and watched as General Guy Simonds, II Canadian Corps, delivered very harsh news to the half dozen German generals and admirals of the 1st Parachute Army, General Erich Straub commanding. Read more
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Massacre At Malmédy
By Nathan N. PreferThe surrender did not begin well. As First Lieutenant Virgil Lary stood in the road next to a snow-covered field just south of Malmédy, Belgium with his hands raised, one of the German tankers poked his head out of the hatch and fired twice at him with his pistol. Read more
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‘Hallowed war grave’ is world’s deepest discovered shipwreck
The Battle of Leyte Gulf, from October 23-26, 1944, was the largest air and sea battle of World War II. An important part of the battle took place off Samar Island on October 25, 1944. Read more
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Joe Johnson’s Ordeal
By Marcus BrothertonPrivate Joe Johnson wakes on the floor of the Pasay schoolhouse, a few miles south of downtown Manila, capital of the Philippines. Read more
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Shootout At Rubio Ranch
By Kevin M. HymelWhen Brig. Gen. John S. Pershing began assembling a force of 10,000 infantry and cavalry for a punitive incursion into Mexico in the spring of 1916, almost every soldier in the U.S. Read more
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Gallant Charge at Antietam
By William E. WelshThe Union soldiers of Colonel Harrison Fairchild’s brigade prepared to attack uphill against a key Rebel position on the outskirts of Sharpsburg at 3 pm on September 17, 1862. Read more
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Italy’s Daredevil Torpedo Riders
By Chuck LyonsOn a dark night in September 1941, moving at periscope depth, an Italian submarine edged into Gibraltar Bay near the British harbor. Read more
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Fight in the Fog: The Battle of Vercellae on the Raudine Plain
By Lindsay PowellIn 102 bc, a disturbing report circulated through Rome that the people they called Cimbri and Teutones had crossed the Alps. Read more
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The Wonder of the Walter Boat
By Phil ZimmerGerman engineer Hellmuth Walter stretched his shoulders, rubbed his face, and eased his hat back on his head as he walked down the wooden dock toward a covered deck. Read more
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Passenger Liners in the Great War
By John ProtasioWorld War I was a total war; Nearly every person and resource was caught up in the conflict. Read more
