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Russian Bear’s Rampage
By Robert HeegeIt was late in the morning of November 30, 1853, and the Black Sea was living up to its name. Read more
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Showdown at Grunwald
By Viktor KamenirFrom his position opposite the left wing of the Teutonic Knights, Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas watched closely as the Teutonic Order redressed its lines at mid-morning in the already sweltering summer sun. Read more
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Armored in Lorraine: Battle of Arracourt
By Arnold BlumbergScouts for the U.S. Third Army on foot and in armored vehicles cautiously approached the town of Luneville on the east side of the Moselle River in the rolling hills of north- eastern France on September 15, 1944. Read more
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Wild Weasels and the AGM-45 Shrike Missile
By Christopher MiskimonCaptain John E. Donovan, an electronic warfare officer, monitored the equipment in his F-100F Super Sabre fighter. It was December 22, 1965, and his plane was part of a strike mission searching out enemy antiaircraft sites. Read more
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Rome Avenged: Hannibal in Italy
By Eric NiderostTwo Generals met in the Fall of 202 BC in a last-ditch attempt to secure a mutually agreeable peace between their respective nations. Read more
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Hungary’s National Hero
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckJanos Hunyadi, Hungary’s national hero, was one of the great captains in the war between Europe and the Ottoman Turks. Read more
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The Lion’s Last Roar
By Eric NiderostKing Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden rode forward confidently, digging his heels into Streiff, his war horse, signaling the animal to quicken his pace and jump the ditch that was just ahead. Read more
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Frankish Disaster in Saxony
By William E. WelshThe Saxon warriors worked tirelessly from dawn to dusk atop the mountain felling trees, cutting them into logs, and adding them to the field fort they were building on a flat spur of the Suntel Mountains in the heart of their homeland. Read more
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Sabers, Scimitars, and Swords
By Victor KamenirOn the coat of arms of Finland, a crowned lion tramples upon a curved sword with his hind paws while brandishing a straight sword in his right forepaw. Read more
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Naval Carnage at Navarino
By Victor KamenirAt 2 PM on October 20, 1827, Allied squadrons sailed into the Bay of Navarino on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula. Read more
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Panzer General Strachwitz
By Ludwig H. DyckThe wide tracks of Soviet T-34S and colossal KV-1S crunched through the snow. Night had fallen west of Belgorod on March 15, 1943. Read more
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Books for January 2017
By Christopher MiskimonThe sun shone brightly overhead as the thin line of U.S. Marines lay in a beet field in France. Read more
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Nazi Propagandist William Joyce
By Blaine TaylorThe most famous of the English-Language radio broadcasters from Nazi Germany was Brooklyn, New York-born William Joyce, known by the disparaging moniker Lord Haw Haw. Read more
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FDR’s Confidential Crusader
By Michael WilliamsOn March 14, 1988, a solemn ceremony took place at Arlington National Cemetery. Resplendent in their white caps and dress blues, the Marine body bearers laid to rest the ashes of Ernest Cuneo in the Columbarium with full military honors. Read more
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The Legendary Lincoln-Douglas Debates
By Roy Morris Jr.The two men facing each other across the debate stage at Ottawa, Illinois, on the afternoon of August 21, 1858, were no strangers to one another. Read more
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Hideki Tojo vs Isoroku Yamamoto: Conflict in the Military Ranks
By Eric HammelThree generations of Americans wrongly believe that General Hideki Tojo and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto were equally culpable in starting the Pacific War. Read more
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The Waffen-SS: Evolution of Armed Evil
By Allyn VannoyIn 1933, before the Waffen-SS, there was a portion of the Nazi Party’s Schutzstaffel (SS), armed and trained along military lines and served as an armed force. Read more
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Rationing on the U.S. Home Front
By Herb KugelIn 1941-1942, British journalist Alistair Cooke traveled through the United States. In his description of his trip, American Home Front 1941-1942, he reported stopping for breakfast at a restaurant in West Virginia where, “the sugar was rationed at breakfast, and there was a note on the menu requesting that … in the interests of ‘national defense,’ keep to one cup of coffee.” Read more
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Captured! Belgium’s Mighty Fort Eben-Emael
By Roy StevensonAt 4:25am in the predawn darkness of May 10, 1940, nine German gliders silently skidded to a stop on the hilltop of the most heavily defended fortress in Europe, disgorging 71 highly trained German Fallschirmjäger. Read more
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Battle of Tarawa: Don Crain and the First Marine LVT Assault
By Durk SteedHe wore the clothes of one of Tarawa’s most well-known and decorated heroes, but his name will not be found in any history book. Read more
