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Daring Union Naval Raid

The U.S. Navy devised special explosives to destroy the CSS Albemarle, an ironclad guarding the approaches to Plymouth, North Carolina.

2 April 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: Civil War, Latest Posts

Union General John Pope: Cracking Island No. 10

John Pope used geography, intelligence, engineering, and sweat—with a big dose of courage from the Carondelet—to crack the nut of Island No. 10

31 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: Civil War

Manhattan’s First Terror Attack: Decades Before 9/11

Decades before 9/11, on an island in the middle of the Hudson River, Manhattan was rocked by another terrorist blast.

31 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: Military History

George Washington and Lord Cornwallis at Germantown

After arriving unopposed in Philadelphia, Lord Cornwallis looked forward to a peaceful winter. But George Washington had other ideas.

29 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: Military History

Mark Antony’s Roman Navy: Clash at Actium & the Ionian Sea

Having gambled all for love, Mark Antony sent his warships into the Ionian Sea for one last toss of the dice at Actium.

29 March 2019

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Categories: Military History

Army Nurses Corps: Angels In Olive Drab

The U.S. Army Nurse Corps risked (and sometimes gave) their lives to care for the sick and wounded at home and close to the battlefield.

29 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: Latest Posts, WWII

The USS England and the Invasion of the South Pacific

Japanese Admiral Soemu Toyoda knew an American invasion of the South Pacific was coming somewhere—he just didn’t know where...

28 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: WWII

The Duke of Marlborough at Malplaquet

The Duke of Marlborough, Winston Churchill’s illustrious ancestor, achieved his own 'finest hour' at Malplaquet.

28 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: Military History

The Marines and North Vietnamese at Khe Sanh

For both the Marine defenders and their North Vietnamese adversaries, the military base at Khe Sanh was the center of a deadly serious chess match between two determined commanders.

27 March 2019

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Categories: Military History

King Charles I: Decision at Naseby

After nearly three years of bitter fighting, King Charles I had not won a decisive military advantage. But that would change dramatically in the spring of 1645.

27 March 2019

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Categories: Military History

Johnston Goes After Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh

Hoping to reverse his crushing defeat at Fort Donelson, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston launched a surprise attack at Shiloh on an unwary Ulysses S. Grant.

26 March 2019

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Categories: Civil War

King Gustavus Adolphus, Breitenfeld, and the Birthplace of Modern War

On a smoky battlefield in northern Saxony, an innovative young Swedish king altered forever the face of European warfare.

26 March 2019

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Categories: Military History

Sam Houston’s Stunning Victory at San Jacinto

Following the Alamo, it was anyone’s guess whether the remaining Texans could whip Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s juggernaut. But Sam Houston rose to the task at the Battle of San Jacinto.

26 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Categories: Latest Posts, Military History

The Duke of Wellington in Assaye in India

When asked by his friend to recall the best thing he had ever done as a soldier, the Duke of Wellington simply said: 'Assaye.'

26 March 2019

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Categories: Military History

Top 10 UPCOMING HISTORICAL Games of 2018

22 March 2019

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Categories: Military Games

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