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“Let Us Die Like Men”
By Mike PhiferMajor General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne rose to his feet in the early afternoon of November 30, 1864, when he saw the courier galloping toward him. Read more
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The Flying Tiger and the Demon
by Bob BerginErik Shilling, a pilot of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) Flying Tigers, faced the angry mob. There were about 30 of them, all in loincloths and leather vests with no buttons. Read more
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Spartacus: Freedom by the Sword
By Eric NiderostIn the spring of 73 bc, Thracian gladiator Spartacus decided that the time was right to attempt an escape. Read more
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Fighting The War in the Middle East
By William StroockFor more than a century the Middle East was the British Empire’s vital link between the Mediterranean and India. Read more
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Italian Military Adventurer
By William E. WelshAn assault on an Alan woman by an Almogavar of the Catalan Company exploded into a skirmish between the two groups of allies in the pay of the Byzantine Empire on April 9, 1303. Read more
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The Heinkel He-177 Greif Heavy Bomber
By Allyn VannoyThe Heinkel He-177 Greif (Griffin) was to become the only long-range heavy bomber operated by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Read more
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Victory At A Dreadful Cost
By William E. WelshKing William I of Prussia stood resplendent in the uniform of a Prussian Guard officer on a hill in eastern France on a sunny day in late summer 1870. Read more
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Too Many Close Calls
By Flint WhitlockClarence M. “Monty” Rincker was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on September 8, 1922. When he was a year old, his parents bought a farm in eastern Wyoming and the family moved there. Read more
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The Siege of Paris
By Louis CiotolaThe final outcome of the Franco-Prussian War was decided on September 2, 1870. On that day, more than 100,000 French troops, including Emperor Napoleon III, surrendered to the Prussian Army at Sedan. Read more
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The Hood Has Blown Up!
By Mark CarlsonIn one of the most gripping scenes of the 1960 motion picture Sink the Bismarck! the viewer is witness to the climactic moment of the Battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941. Read more
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Uniform: The 8th Texas Cavalry
By Don Troiani & William WelshColonel Benjamin F. Terry, a sugar planter from Fort Bend County on the coastal plains of Texas, raised the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment. Read more
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Ten Days at Aschaffenburg
By Christopher MiskimonAs the winter of 1944-1945 slowly gave way to spring, the combined Allied armies ground their way into Germany. Read more
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War So Terrible: The Battle of Fredericksburg
By Arnold BlumbergWord spread like wildfire through the camps of the Army of the Potomac during the second week of November 1862: “Little Mac” was out, “Old Burn” was in. Read more
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Epic Stand at Midway
By Michael E. HaskewOn May 2, 1942, the eve of the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina flying boat skimmed the water’s surface and touched down in the lagoon of Midway Atoll, 1,137 miles west of Oahu. Read more
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Hannibal And The Failure Of Success
By Steven WeingartnerAlthough Hannibal Barca has rightly been hailed as one of history’s greatest military commanders, his reputation for greatness is based largely on his performance in the first three years (218-202 bc) of the 16-year conflict known as the Second Punic War. Read more
