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Fooling the Germans
By Al HemingwayAfter the successful invasion of North Africa in November 1942, Allied planners immediately set to work developing a strategy to deliver a new offensive blow against Nazi Germany. Read more
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Remembering Our Veterans—Individually
Dear Editor:
As I sat down to write a newspaper article for Memorial Day, I wasn’t sure where to start. With recent news of our history, and in turn on our veterans, under assault by a casino at Gettysburg and Wal-Mart at The Wilderness, I wasn’t sure how to best honor our veterans for their sacrifices to this country. Read more
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The United Nations has shaped the postwar world.
Sixty-five years ago, in the wake of the most catastrophic war the world had yet seen, the United Nations officially came into being on October 24, 1945. Read more
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The Athens War Museum
By Peter SuciuWhile not a major military power today, from the time of the classical age through the Middle Ages, Greece was the center of several major military dynasties. Read more
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Harry Truman’s Military Carrer
By Al HemingwayWhen people mention President Harry S. Truman, they instantly think of him as the president who made the monumental decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Read more
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The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments Before the Civil War
It is an irony of war that the model 1857 gun-howitzer that Union artillerists used to help turn the tide at Gettysburg was the brainchild of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who championed the development of the new field piece while serving as secretary of war under Franklin Pierce. Read more
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Joy Ride on a C-47!
Dear Editor:
I want offer a few words of thanks to Sam McGowan for his story and contribution to WWII History. Read more
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The Triumphs And Trenches Of Medal Of Honor
By Joseph LusterHeavy is the burden on the first horse out of the gate. There’s the pressure of setting the pace; establishing the flow for those approaching from the rear. Read more
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A War Department Staff Officer Remembers
By L. VanLoan NaisawaldIn the fall of 1943, I found myself a “limited service” duty officer assigned to the Operations Division, War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C. Read more
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Hitler’s Second Bismarck
By Blaine TaylorDespite being ridiculed as a vain, pompous, and glory-seeking imbecile in a spate of biographies, diaries, letters, trial transcripts, and memoirs by leaders, field marshals, generals, and diplomats from both the Allies and his own Axis partners during and after the war, Joachim von Ribbentrop nevertheless was one of the premier foreign affairs practitioners of the Nazi epoch. Read more
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Tanks of the Rising Sun
By Arnold BlumbergImperial Japan’s first hesitant steps toward adoption of armored fighting vehicles occurred in 1925 with the creation of two company-strength tank units. Read more
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Under construction with America at war, the Pentagon remains an engineering wonder.
On September 11, 1941, exactly 60 years before a terrorist attack damaged the building and changed forever the American way of life, ground was broken for the Pentagon, a five-sided office building which today houses the U.S. Read more
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Jungle Warriors Against All Odds
By Glenn BarnettThe first Allied victory of World War I occurred when Australian volunteers occupied the German colony of northeastern New Guinea and the adjoining Admiralty Islands. Read more
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Hollywood Goes Pacific
By John Wukovits“They’re machine gunning! They’re strafing the hospital! The beasts! The slimy beasts!”
“Pearl Harbor! Most of us didn’t know what it was, let alone where it was.” Read more
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The Twilight of the Gods
By Major General Michael ReynoldsBy the end of April 1945, two of the most feared divisions of the Waffen-SS, the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, had both been reduced in strength to little more than reinforced regiments. Read more
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The Marine House
By Dick CampOne of the world’s great military museums is also one of the newest: the National Museum of the Marine Corps (known as the “Marine House” by those who staff it), located just outside the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Virginia––about 40 miles south of Washington, D.C. Read more
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Learning from the Past
By Flint WhitlockWelcome to this, our fourth issue! We have packed it like a seabag or field pack with features we are sure you will find of interest. Read more
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Allied Air Retribution
By Mason B. WebbWhen does war end and slaughter begin?
That is the question that drives this compelling reexamination of the Allied aerial bombing campaign against Germany during World War II. Read more
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War On Demand
By Joseph LusterThere are plenty of deployment options out there for full-price retail warriors; those who would gladly plunk down on the latest available war experience on the platform of their choosing. Read more
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The Desert Fox in North Africa
By Al Hemingway
Much has been written about the battlefield exploits of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. His exemplary leadership skills, especially during the North Africa campaign, received unending praise from Adolf Hitler. Read more
