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Patton’s Dual Drives
By Kevin M. HymelThis article is excerpted from Kevin Hymel’s latest book, Patton’s War: An American General’s Combat Leadership, Volume 2: August—December 1944, published by University of Missouri Press. Read more
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The Heroism of Vision: Photographs from the Battlefield
By Al HemingwayOn the morning of February 23, 1945, on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima, a 40-man patrol gathered at the 5th Marine Division headquarters for their final briefing with battalion commander Lt. Read more
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James Douglas’ Audacious Plans after the Trent Affair
By William SilvesterOn November 8, 1861, two distinguished diplomats from the newly established Confederate States of America were arrested and removed from the British mail steamer Trent by the American ship San Jacinto in the Bahama Channel near Havana, Cuba. Read more
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Grey Ghosts Over The Solomons
By Patrick J. ChaissonIt didn’t take long for Rear Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., to notice how exhausted the men all seemed. Read more
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Zeebrugge: A Gallant Raid on Saint George’s Day
By Robert Barr SmithIn the spring of 1918, World War I was well into its fourth year, and still the armies struggled and died in the glutinous mud of Flanders. Read more
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Department G Code Breaker
By Glenn BarnettThroughout World War II the center of cryptography among the Allies was at the top-secret location at Bletchley Park outside London. Read more
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The Wheel Lock: Birth of the Combat Pistol
By William J. McPeakBy the late 15th Century, early firearm designers were already looking at ideas for semi-automatic weapons. The matchlock had been the first mechanism to make a shoulder-aimed firearm, the arquebus, possible. Read more
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U.S. Coast Guard Goes to War
By Michael D. HullRecently put ashore, three companies of U.S. Marines advanced stealthily along the Matanikau River on the northern coast of Guadalcanal on September 27, 1942. Read more
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Miracle at Chattanooga’s Battle of Missionary Ridge
By Mike PhiferPeering through a pair of field glasses, Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest perched in an oak tree on Missionary Ridge, overlooking the Tennessee town of Chattanooga, and observed a Union army in complete disarray. Read more
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Aces of Thunder
By Joseph LusterThe War Thunder series recently revealed plans to deliver an aerial combat spinoff titled Aces of Thunder in the most immersive way possible. Read more
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Slaughter in the Park: The Battle of Pavia
By William E. WelshFrom the moment he was crowned King of France in 1514, Francis I shared the same obsession with the rich Italian territories of Milan and Naples that his predecessors, Charles VIII and Louis XII, had shown during their time on the throne. Read more
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Broken Lines: The Drunk and the Dead
By Joseph LusterIt’s time to venture into uncharted territory with narrative-driven alternate timeline tactical RPG Broken Lines, which just unleashed a DLC expansion titled The Dead and the Drunk. Read more
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The Forgotten Rhine Crossings
By Mason B. WebbWhile British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery’s 21st Army Group was marching across Belgium, Holland, and into northern Germany on his way to the Rhine, Omar Bradley’s 12th Army Group, made up of Courtney Hodges’s First and George Patton’s Third U.S. Read more
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The Hungry War: German East Africa in World War I
By Michael VogelWorld War I evokes dreary images of trench warfare, where both sides’ strategy was simply to feed more and more troops into the mincing machine. Read more
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Fast Boats in Harm’s Way
By Nathan N. PreferThe U.S. Navy put many ships in harm’s way during World War II, but none more so than the Patrol Torpedo or“PT” Boats. Read more
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Military Weapons: The Origin of the Combat Flamethrower
By Brandt HeatheringtonPerhaps the most primal and profound fear of men and animals alike is the fear of fire. With that in mind, fire has been a mainstay of combat for thousands of years, from burning arrows to scalding cauldrons of oil. Read more
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An Execution That Lingers
The photograph is brutal, harsh, and unsettling. The death of Sergeant Leonard George Siffleet occurred on October 24, 1943. Eighty years ago, Siffleet was bound and blindfolded, transported to the beach at Aitape, New Guinea, after two weeks of torture and mistreatment at the hands of his Japanese captors. Read more
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Patton’s Fateful Verdun Meeting
By Kevin M. HymelOn the morning of December 19, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr., prepared his Third Army for a battle raging north of him—the Battle of the Bulge. Read more
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Fort William Henry, 1757: a Massacre of Misunderstanding
By Eric NiderostLieutenant Colonel George Monro of the 35th Regiment of Foot was a tough Scotsman, a career soldier who had served in the British Army for many years. Read more
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War Through an Artist’s Eyes
By Howard BrodieNewspaper artist Howard Brodie enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942, soon joining the combat artist program. He was sent by Yank magazine to capture his impressions of the war with a pencil during the Guadalcanal campaign and then the fighting in Europe. Read more
