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King John the Tyrant
The tension between the king and his barons always seemed to be ready to explode into civil war during the reign of the three Angevin kings of England. Read more
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EA Leaps from one world war to the next with the latest entry in the long-running Battlefield series.
By Joseph LusterWe’re at somewhat of an impasse in the world of shooters and the disparity between single-player and multiplayer offerings. Read more
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At the Costly Anzio Beachhead
By Christopher MiskimonThe morning of February 16, 1944, dawned foggy over the Via Anziate near Anzio, Italy. The 45th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment had advanced overnight to take positions on the west side of the roadway, assuming its place on the front lines. Read more
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The Most Dangerous Woman of World War II
By Charles W. SasserThe last train west chugged across the River Bug to the German-occupied side of the Russo-German border at 0200 on June 22, 1941. Read more
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The Winter War’s Classic Victory
By David H. LippmanThe word itself was bland. “Motti” is Finnish for a “bundle of sticks,” but the theory was how the tiny armies of Finland would deal with the long columns of Soviet troops that had been storming down the roads and logging the trails of that nation’s sub-Arctic wilderness since the Russo-Finland War broke out on November 29, 1939. Read more
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“The Enemy Must Be Annihilated”
By Patrick J. Chaisson
It was an amphibious commander’s worst nightmare—swarms of enemy tanks, spitting death with every cannon shell and machine-gun burst, smashing through the American beachhead. Read more
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Taking Forts Henry and Donelson: Turning Point in the Rebel West
By Pedro GarciaOne evening around Christmas of 1861 Union Maj. Gen. Henry “Old Brains” Halleck, commanding the Department of Missouri, dined with his chief of staff, Brig. Read more
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Bunker Hill: “Lick Them Once More Boys!”
By Arnold BlumbergA stark dichotomy was evident among the Americans defending Breed’s Hill on June 17, 1775. One type of provincial soldier stood ready to give his life in defense of liberty that day. Read more
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Japanese Ashigaru: The “Samurai of the Land”
By Eric NiderostIn the 17th century samurai were elite warriors, members of Japan’s ruling class. They were born, not made; you had to come from a samurai family to be considered samurai. Read more
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Rangers ravaged at Cisterna 75 years ago.
To this day, controversy continues to swirl around Operation Shingle and its agonizing aftermath. The Allied landings at Anzio, intended to outflank the German Gustav Line in Italy, occurred in January 1944. Read more
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New Military History Games
By Joseph LusterHow often do we get to check out strategy games set during the Cold War, especially on multiple platforms? Read more
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Soviet Disaster in the Crimea
By Pat McTaggartChristmas Day 1941 was anything but festive for the commander of German Army Group South’s 11th Army, General Erich von Manstein. Read more
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World War II Games for the Holidays
By Joseph LusterThe original Steel Division first brought its real-time strategizing to PCs back in May of 2017, putting players in intense battles throughout Normandy, France, during World War II. Read more
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Ernie Pyle: Foxhole Dateline
By Michael D. HullIf General Omar N. Bradley was “the GIs’ general,” then their best friend in World War II was undoubtedly a small, stringy reporter with graying red hair from Indiana who shared their foxholes and hardships while slogging across five battlefronts. Read more
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The Plot to Capture Rommel at Beda Littoria
By Michael D. HullOne night in mid-October 1941, a British Army intelligence officer disguised as a Senussi Arab was dropped by parachute behind the German lines in the Italian colony of Libya. Read more
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Wolf of the Atlantic
By Christopher J. ChlonFregattenkapitän (Commander) Otto Kretschmer sank or damaged more Allied ships than any other U-boat commander during World War II. Read more
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Seven Meetings to D-Day
By Kevin M. HymelThe invasion force was ready. All across the United Kingdom men waited in more than 5,000 ships and hundreds of landing craft. Read more
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The Tide Turns at El Alamein
By Michael D. HullAfter more than two wearying years of seesaw fighting across the North African desert, the outlook was bleak for the British Eighth Army in the early summer of 1942. Read more
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War at Sea
By Christopher MiskimonGunther Prien grew up at sea, joining the merchant service as a cabin boy at 15. In October 1939, with World War II just a month old, the 31-year-old Prien stood in the conning tower of U-47, a German U-boat plying the North Sea toward the United Kingdom. Read more
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John Freeman Mackie: First Marine Medal of Honor Recipient
By Melanie SavageOn May 15, 1862, a five-ship Union Navy squadron that included the ironclad USS Galena, gunboats Aroostook, Port Royal, Naugatuck, and the famous Monitor neared a bend in the James River known as Drewry’s Bluff, where Confederate Fort Darling commanded the passage. Read more
