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The Military Misadventures of Benito Mussolini
By Michael HaskewAfter assuming dictatorial powers in Italy, Benito Mussolini remained a popular figure with the Italian people – for a time. Read more
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The Duke of Wellington’s Preparations for the Battle of Waterloo
By William E. WelshField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, was in Vienna when the news arrived in early March 1815 that Napoleon had escaped from exile on Elba and returned to France. Read more
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Civil War’s End: The Battle of Appomattox Court House
by William E. WelshWhen Confederate General Robert E. Lee learned on the morning of April 9, 1865, that Union infantry was both in front and behind of his meager army of 12,500 effectives as it approached Appomattox Court House in central Virginia, he resigned himself to the sad task before him. Read more
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H-Hour: World’s Elite
by Joseph LusterKeeping with the theme of team-based tactical shooters is H-Hour: World’s Elite, which is currently in the works at SOF Studios, which has former SOCOM talent—the project is spearheaded by David Sears, creative director of the original SOCOM—among its ranks. Read more
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Operation Eiche: Benito Mussolini & The Gran Sasso Raid
by Michael HaskewWhen news of Benito Mussolini’s removal from power in Italy reached Adolf Hitler in far-off Berlin, the Nazi Fuhrer flew into a rage. Read more
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Eva Braun’s Home Movies
by Michael HaskewIn 1936, Adolf Hitler gave his mistress Eva Braun a 16mm movie camera. Fascinated with the gift and already an accomplished photographer, Eva filmed hours of footage during the next five years. Read more
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General Douglas Haig at the Battle of the Somme
by Michael HaskewA century after the bloody Battle of the Somme of 1916 left at least 1.2 million British, French, and German soldiers killed, wounded, or captured, General Douglas Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, remains one of the most controversial generals to emerge from World War I. Read more
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How George S. Patton Vanquished Pancho Villa’s Lieutenants
By Michael HaskewIt was a burial, but certainly not a funeral. One soldier who looked on muttered, “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…If Villa won’t bury you Uncle Sam must.” Read more
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Swan Song for the CSS Shenandoah
By Mark SimmonsThe River Mersey was fog shrouded on the morning of November 6, 1865, and the city of Liverpool was scarcely visible from the deck of the CSS Shenandoah. Read more
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The Battle of the Somme: Offensive At All Costs?
By Michael HaskewIn February 1916, Allied military leaders met at Chantilly, in the Picardy region of France to discuss grand strategy as World War I entered its second full year. Read more
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Game Reviews: Order of Battle: Pacific
by James HartWant to see how a World War II land war in Japan would’ve played out? How about a Japanese invasion of Australia? Read more
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Survival: The Story of the USS Franklin
By Chuck LyonsThe USS Franklin was not a lucky ship. In March 1945, off the Japanese mainland, the Essex-class aircraft carrier was hit by two 550-pound bombs that struck her flight deck and penetrated into the hangar deck. Read more
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Mark Twain Joins the Marion Rangers
By Roy Morris, Jr.Twenty-five-year-old Mississippi River pilot Samuel Clemens (not yet known by his famous pen name, Mark Twain) was in his home port of New Orleans in late January 1861 when word reached the city that Louisiana had seceded from the Union. Read more
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The Battle of the Somme: Capturing Thiepval Ridge
by Michael HaskewThe high ground at World War I’s Thiepval Ridge commanded the surrounding area along the banks of the Ancre River and another nearby waterway, the Somme. Read more
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Game Reviews: World of Tanks: Imperial Steel Update
By Joseph Luster & James HartWorld of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition continues to roll out updates of its own, and one of the recent additions introduced a bunch of new Japanese vehicles along with a brand new map. Read more
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From Sahara’s Heart: Unearthing A Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk
By Michael HaskewThe ghosts of World War II continue to surface in remote corners of the globe.
Decades after the war in North Africa ended, another reminder of the early and uncertain days in that theater came to the attention of the media and excited historians with a snapshot of a pilot’s ordeal in the unforgiving Egyptian desert where he was forced to land a crippled fighter plane. Read more
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Eva Braun’s Final Days
by Michael HaskewWith his dream of Nazi domination of the world shattered, Adolf Hitler went underground in April 1945. Beneath the smoldering ruins of the Nazi capital city of Berlin, he lived out his last delusional days in the Führerbunker, a somber subterranean prison of steel and concrete. Read more
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Cornelius Gurlitt’s Secret Nazi Art Collection
By Michael E. HaskewReclusive 80-year-old Cornelius Gurlitt kept his secret for nearly 70 years. Apparently, in February 2012, a treasure trove of paintings confiscated or stolen by the Nazis was recovered in the old man’s Munich apartment. Read more
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The Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte
by Michael HaskewExiled on the island of St. Helena since his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte, once Emperor of France and master of the greatest expanse of European territory since the days of the Roman Empire, died at the age of 51 on May 5, 1821. Read more
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The Depth Charge: Thwarting the German U-Boat
by Brad ReynoldsAt the beginning of World War I, British naval strategists did not believe German submarines would play a significant role in the Atlantic or North Sea. Read more
