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Belle Boyd: Confederate Spy
By William E. WelshWord spread like wildfire through Martinsburg in northeastern Virginia that the Yankees were on the move. On July 2, 1861 Maj. Read more
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The Fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE: A Story of Roman Revenge
By Tim MillerAfter a summer of starvation and siege had been imposed on the city’s people during the fall of Jerusalem, the great Second Temple was finally on fire. Read more
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Mayhem in Burma’s Jungles
By Tom CrowleySpecial operations soldiers have existed since armed forces were first organized. Arguably, the hand-picked Greek warriors concealed inside the Trojan horse outside the gates of Troy 3,000 years ago were the first “special ops” troops. Read more
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World War II Action in the Admiralties Islands
By Edward G. MillerAn air strike intended to cover the landing of 1st Lt. John McGowan’s team of six Alamo Scouts was late. Read more
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Military Heritage: New Books
By Christopher MiskimonIn the late afternoon of September 17, 1862 the 7th Maine Regiment received new orders. The Battle of Antietam had raged throughout the day. Read more
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Broadside Off San Domingo
By David A. NorrisSmoke from hundreds of cannon muzzles fueled an ever thickening fog hovering over the Caribbean Sea south of the French-occupied colony of San Domingo on February 6, 1806. Read more
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Bloodletting in the Hürtgen Forest
By Nathan N. PreferAt first, no one cared much about the forest. The objective of the First U.S. Army was the Siegfried Line, the much vaunted defensive line that protected Germany from invasion from the west. Read more
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Commanding Patton’s Personal Tanks
By Kevin M. HymelMajor General George S. Patton, Jr. had no patience for soldiers disobeying the rules of combat at his Desert Training Center in Southern California. Read more
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Casimir Pulaski: American Revolutionary
By Joshua ShepherdA major fight was in the offing when the first streaks of dawn appeared over Savannah, Georgia, on the morning of October 9, 1779. Read more
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Charlemagne: Warlord of the Franks
By Ludwig DyckOn Christmas morning, 800 ad, a tall, powerfully built man walked up the steps of Saint Peter’s basilica in Rome. Read more
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The Duke of Monmouth vs. King James II
By William WelshThe Duke of Monmouth’s rebel army marched briskly out of Bridgwater into the dark of night on July 6, 1685. Read more
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Prince Eugene of Savoy & the Turks at the Battle of Peterwardein
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckThousands of dead Turkish soldiers choked the river and littered its bank. It was the fall of 1697 and the young Imperial Field Marshall, Prince Eugene of Savoy, had just vanquished the Ottoman army at Zenta (or Senta), on Hungary’s River Tiza. Read more
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Colonel Patrick Kelly at the Battle of Gettysburg
by Joseph G. BilbyColonel Patrick Kelly, who led the Irish Brigade into the Wheatfield on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, was born in Castle Hackett, County Galway, in 1821. Read more
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Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens
By James K. SwisherAt last, students of American military history have recently been accorded some measure of respect to the tactical genius of Daniel Morgan. Read more
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The War of 1812: Joseph Willocks and the Canadian Volunteers
by Mike PhiferDuring the last two years of the War of 1812, the Americans had a unit serving with them that knew well the people and country they were invading. Read more
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One in a Thousand Chance
By Christopher MiskimonThe year 1942 was one of crisis for the Allied cause in the Pacific. Until May, almost everything had gone in favor of Imperial Japan. Read more
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The 1862 Battle of Antietam: Casualties and Death Toll
By Mike HaskewDuring the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam, casualties piled almost too high to count. The culmination of the first invasion of the North during the American Civil War by General Robert E. Read more
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Santa Anna at the Alamo & the Battle of San Jacinto
By Brooke StoddardOne 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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The Battle at Northallerton: Knights on Foot?
By Terry Gore“To be a knight was to be potentially a Lord or Lordling … and a fate worse than death, was to set one’s hand to the plow.” Read more
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George A. Custer’s “Last Stand” at the Battle of Little Bighorn
by Mike HaskewDuring the Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25-26, 1876, troopers of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Read more
