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The Harrowing Return from the The Bombing of Bremen
by Lowell L. Getz“Bombs Away” rang out over the intercom static of the 29 aircraft of the 91st Bomb Group (Heavy). Read more
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland
By Arnold BlumbergThe election of the Protestant Frederick V, Elector of the Palatine, to the throne of Bohemia instead of the Catholic Hapsburg, Ferdinand of Austria, sparked what was to become the Thirty Years War. Read more
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Warrior Queen’s Revenge
By Eric NiderostIn the spring of ad 60 Gaius Suetonius Paulinus could look back on the last three or four years with a mixture of pride and satisfaction. Read more
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Wartime Politics: Generals Hugh A. Drum and Joseph W. Stillwell
By Bruce GrahamIt was the worst of times for the Allies. It was the time of opportunity for senior U.S. Read more
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The 36th Infantry Division: From the Alamo to Operation Anvil
By Bruce L. BragerOperation Anvil, the invasion of southern France, was originally planned for June 1944, the same time as the Normandy invasion. Read more
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Mata Hari: The Dancing Spy
By Robert HeegeJust before six o’clock on the morning of October 15, 1917, a caravan of five rickety automobiles departed the prison at Saint-Lazare and proceeded to make its way post-haste through the gaslit streets of Paris. Read more
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Don Holloway’s ‘Battle for the Island Kingdom’
By Christopher Miskimon
English King Aethelred wanted London back. He lost it in February 1014 to Svein Forkbeard, the Danish ruler. Read more
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John S. Harrel’s ‘Russian Invasion of Ukraine’
By Christopher MiskimonThe battle for Antonov Airport near Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, began at 8 a.m. on February 24, 2022. Read more
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Chip Reid’s ‘Battle Scars’
By Christopher MiskimonIt took the Marines of 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment 22 days to get to Baghdad. The author was a journalist embedded with them. Read more
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Cole and Livingston’s ‘The Killing Ground’
By Christopher MiskimonThermopylae is famous as the location of the battle between a force of 300 Spartans (albeit with thousands of other Greek troops present) and the invading Persian army in 480 BCE. Read more
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James W. Miller’s ‘King of the Gunrunners’
By Christopher MiskimonBy the early 1890s, John D. Hart was one of the largest importers of bananas on the East Coast. Read more
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Wenzl and Heying’s ‘The Miracle of Father Kapaun’
By Christopher MiskimonFather Emil Kapaun served as a U.S. Army chaplain during the Korean War. His acts of bravery sound almost like legends. Read more
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James Lechner’s ‘With My Shield’
By Christopher MiskimonLieutenant James Lechner, a member of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, went to Somalia in 1993 as part of a U.S. Read more
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Jeremy Black’s ‘Military Strategy: A Global History’
By Christopher MiskimonIn 1861, only the lower southern states seceded at first. Once it became apparent President Lincoln intended to use force to prevent secession, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia joined the Confederacy. Read more
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H.W. Crocker III’s ‘Robert E. Lee on Leadership’
By Christopher MiskimonThough controversial today for his choice of sides during the American Civil War, Robert E. Lee was indisputably an able military leader. Read more
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Deus le Veult! The Siege of Antioch
By John Murphy, Jr.Shortly before dawn on June 3, 1098, Bohemund of Taranto, one of the leaders of the First Crusade and the survivor of many campaigns, stood in the shadow of the Tower of the Two Sisters, one of the strongest points in the defenses of the ancient city of Antioch. Read more
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
By Peter SuciuAdmirers of arms and armor should at least make ONE pilgrimage to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Read more
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Hell in a Small Place: the Canadian Paratroopers of Operation Varsity
By Bernd HornIn the hut no one spoke, no one joked. The assembled British and Canadian paratroop commanders awaited the briefing from their brigade commander on their next major operation. Read more
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Military Secrets: The Nazi Spies Who Never Were
By Hervie HauflerAs the 1930s unfolded, Adolf Hitler sought to avoid having Great Britain join the war he intended to launch. Read more
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Defending the Pass at the Battle of Thermopylae
by Ludwig Heinrich DyckWhat nation of Asia, did not Xerxes lead against Hellas? —Herodotus
On the Doricus, the vast Thracian plain and beach on the Aegean coast, rose a stronghold. Read more
