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Why the U.S. Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan in WWII
By Robert A. RosenthalHow did we get to dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima? Who was responsible? Where and when did it begin? Read more
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Italian, Japanese and Nazi POWs in America: Strangers Within our Gates
By Richard L. ShermanFor William “Red” Verzola, Friday night was the liveliest night of the week. That was when a group of soldiers from Camp Myles Standish in Taunton, Massachusetts, made their regular pilgrimage to Charlie Pino’s Victory Club, just up the road in the tiny town of Norton, to enjoy a few beers and a couple of hours of relaxation. Read more
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Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of France in the South
By Patrick J. Chaisson“This was war deluxe,” observed Brig. Gen. Frederic B. Butler as his command car entered the French village of Quincon during Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of France in the country’s southern region, in August 1944. Read more
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Rudolf Hess—a Life (and Death) Shrouded in Mystery
By Bob GordonIn October 1939, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill famously described Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Read more
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The Battle of Remagen: the Boat Units Responsible for Crossing the Rhine
By Brig. Gen. (USA, Ret.) Raymond E. Bell, JrThe American Ninth Army’s crossing the Rhine River on March 7, 1945, in the early days of the Battle of Remagen is a well-known chapter of military history. Read more
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The Nazi Invasion of Poland, Adolf Hitler’s First Gamble in the East
By Christopher Miskimon
Historians often compare Adolf Hitler to a gambler. He kept making risky bets that paid off time and again—until they didn’t. Read more
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The Buchenwald Concentration Camp: Patton’s Bastardly Discovery
By Flint WhitlockThe blue arrows on Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.’s Third Army situation maps in his mobile headquarters trailer all pointed eastward. Read more
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Lemberg, France: A Bloody Lesson, and a Success at Unsustainable Cost
By Thomas Harper Kelly
On the third anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, men of the Powder Horn Regiment—the 100th Infantry Division’s 399th Infantry Regiment—were poised on the outskirts of the small Alsatian town of Lemberg, France in the northeast. Read more
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Roza Shanina and the Soviet Women Snipers of WWII
By Phil ZimmerRoza Shanina was cute as a kitten, yet as dangerous as a Siberian tiger. The 20-year-old drew many an eye behind Soviet lines in World War II with her striking blue eyes, fair skin, and strawberry blonde hair, but she earned her reputation out front in no-man’s-land. Read more
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George S. Patton Jr.’s Upbringing: The Making of the Legend
By Duane SchultzGeorge Patton knew exactly what he wanted to be from childhood on. “When I was a little boy at home, I used to wear a wooden sword and say to myself, ‘George S. Read more
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The Shot That Killed British General James Wolfe
By Blaine TaylorBefore the Battle of Quebec, which would ensure him immortality in British military annals, one of General James Wolfe’s captains said of him, “No man can display greater activity than he does.” Read more
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The Makin Island Raid: What Really Happened to the Marines?
By Peter McQuarrieIn August 1942, the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion conducted the Makin Island raid in the Central Pacific. The purpose of the raid was to destroy Japanese installations on the island, gather intelligence, and to test the raiding tactics of the U.S. Read more
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Uniform: Knight Templar 1240
By Johnny ShumateThe Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, also known as the Order of the Temple, was the first religious military order of the Latin Church. Read more
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Churchill and Stalin’s Uneasy Alliance
By Jon DiamondIn the Grand Alliance volume of Winston S. Churchill’s memoirs of World War II, the British prime minister lambasted Soviet Premier Josef Stalin and his inept government for failing to anticipate Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, which began on June 22, 1941. Read more
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British Invasion of Madagascar
By John W. Osborn, Jr.“The first I saw of Madagascar and the last after adventurous months ashore was the eerie color of the soil,” a British novelist turned security sergeant would write a decade later. Read more
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Last Chance for Victory at Gujrat
By David A. NorrisAs 18 elephant-drawn heavy guns of the British East India Company’s Bengal Artillery opened fire, Major John Fordyce’s troop of the Bengal Horse Artillery rushed their 9-pounders ahead of the infantry. Read more
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German Admiral Raeder’s Navy Raiders
By Mark CarlsonOn the nights of August 21 and 24, 1939, two dark ships slipped out of the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven and turned west toward the English Channel. Read more
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Change WWII History With a Toy-Soldier Style Battle for the Ages, and Take the Fight to the Tabletop
By Joseph LusterFor a World War II simulator with a surprisingly colorful twist, developer Noobz from Poland recently came through with the aptly titled Total Tank Simulator. Read more
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Naval Showdown in the Solomons
By Christopher MiskimonThe First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal began with a delay. Shortly before 1:30 am on November 13, 1942, the American cruiser USS Helena spotted a Japanese task force: “Radar contact. Read more
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Prussian Blunder at Hochkirch
By David NorrisCannons roared and muskets crackled in the darkness below the hill of Rodewitz, but King Frederick the Great of Prussia was in no hurry to move. Read more
