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When Ivan Became Terrible
By Louis CiotolaIvan IV Vasilyevich, first czar of all the Russians, has gone down as one of history’s most notorious despots, infamous for the terrors he carried out among his subjects. Read more
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The Imperial War Museum
By Roy StevensonAlthough Britain has a number of war museums, the Imperial War Museum (IWM) is acknowledged as the Holy Grail of them all—the one you must visit when in London. Read more
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Oda Nobunaga: The Rise of One of Japan’s Earliest Unifiers
By Vince HawkinsBy the time of his death in 1582, he controlled 30 of Japan’s 68 provinces, was the commander of the greatest samurai army in his country’s history, and had earned the distinction of being the first of the three great unifiers of Japan. Read more
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Poulin Antiques & Auctions to Host Monumental Midwinter Premier Firearms and Militaria Event
This winter, the eyes of the global collecting community will turn to Maine as Poulin Antiques & Auctions prepares for its highly anticipated four-day Midwinter Premier Auction. Read more
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Riding the German Rail
By Richard A. BerantyThe large number of Allied prisoners being funneled south to Rennes, France, following the D-Day invasion swelled the German transit camp to capacity so the decision was made to transport the men to permanent locations inside Germany. Read more
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Battle of New Market Heights
By David NorrisReports of a massive enemy force crossing the James River to assail the paper-thin Confederate lines defending Richmond reached Lt. Read more
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RMS Queen Mary’s War Service: Voyages to Victory
By Eric NiderostThe late summer of 1939 saw Great Britain teetering on the brink of war with Hitler’s Germany. The years of appeasement and vacillation, of meekly acquiescing to Hitler’s insatiable territorial demands, were over at last. Read more
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Athenian Glory at Marathon
By Erich B. AndersonIn 491 bc, heralds sent by Persian Emperor Darius I traveled throughout Greece with a message for each of the city-states of the Greek peninsula. Read more
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National Museum of the Pacific War
By Mason B. WebbThe small (population 12,000), central-Texas town of Fredericksburg, about an hour’s drive west of Austin and a little more than that northwest of San Antonio, may seem an odd location for the National Museum of the Pacific War until one realizes that Fredericksburg is the hometown of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz––the Eisenhower of the Pacific Theater. Read more
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The Politics of Military Heroes
by Roy Morris Jr.Defeat has a funny way of producing heroes.
The British lost an embarrassing battle to Zulu tribesmen at Isandhlwana, but the improbable defense of an insignificant river crossing 10 miles away by a handful of rear-echelon soldiers, overage officers, and civilians created a new crop of heroes for the public to idolize. Read more
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Conquering the Queen City
By Pedro GarciaThe victory at Manassas on July 21, 1861, had made the Rebels overconfident bordering on lethargic. As one observer noted, “It created a paralysis of enterprise that was more damaging than disaster was for the North.” Read more
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They Also Served
By Kevin M. HymelWhen it came to the global war against tyranny, America’s blacks would not be denied a stake in the action. Read more
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Americans Faced Blown Out Bridge During Retreat To 38th Parallel
By Marc D. BernsteinDecember 7, 1950 dawned bitter cold in the remote mountains of North Korea. More than 14,000 U.N. Read more
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The B-26 Marauder
By Sam McGowanOf all the better-known Allied aircraft of World War II, the most controversial was Martin’s B-26 Marauder, a twin-engine cigar-shaped medium bomber that was loved by some and hated by many. Read more
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Famous Military Spies: Ralph Van Deman
By Peter KrossIn the long history of American military intelligence, the names that come to mind most often are those of Nathan Hale, Benedict Arnold, Herbert Yardley, and William Donovan. Read more
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Silver Salvage in Caballo Bay: Japan’s Sabotaged Treasure Hunt
By Jamie MalinowskiEarly in the morning of July 8, 1942, in the calm waters of Caballo Bay south of Corregidor Island in the Philippines, a casco, a 12-foot by 60-foot flat-bottomed wooden diving barge, bobbed placidly in the open water 120 feet above the ocean floor. Read more
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Bloodbath in Aachen
By William F. Floyd Jr.With weapons at the ready, the American squad advanced cautiously on both sides of the tree-lined boulevard toward the German strongpoint in Aachen. Read more
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Stand-up Fight at Peachtree Creek
By Arnold BlumbergDuring the early afternoon of July 9, 1864, the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment of Maj. Gen. John M. Read more
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Famous Navy Ships: The USS Tang
By Flint WhitlockDuring World War II, the United States employed 288 submarines, the vast majority of which raided Japanese shipping in the Pacific, thus preventing the enemy’s vital supplies and reinforcements from reaching the far-flung island battlefields. Read more
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The M79 Grenade Launcher
By Blaine TaylorI fired the M79 grenade launcher in advanced infantry training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1965, and had one on the back seat of my machine-gun jeep during my tour of duty in South Vietnam in 1966-1967 as a member of the U.S. Read more
