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D-Day Assault on Juno Beach

Canadian troops stormed ashore in Normandy on D-Day.

23 June 2020

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Jimmy Doolittle: The Warrior from Shangri-La

General Doolittle survived his hazardous mission to bomb Tokyo and commanded air forces in the European and Mediterranean Theaters.

22 June 2020

Carl Gnam

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Canadian Valor at the Battle of Amiens

The Canadian Corps played a crucial role in the successful assault on German positions near Amiens on August 8, 1918. Ludendorff called Amiens “the black day of the German Army.”

19 June 2020

Carl Gnam

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What the Devil’s Brigade Did in World War II

The 1st Special Service Force gained its place in history with daring exploits in combat in France and Italy.

16 June 2020

Carl Gnam

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Rebel Gamble at Nashville

The fate of John Bell Hood’s counter-invasion of Tennessee in late 1864 rested on whether he could defeat George H. Thomas at Nashville.

12 June 2020

Carl Gnam

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Clash of Heavy Tanks at Cologne

The U.S. Army’s M26 Pershing tank arrived on the Western Front in the closing months of World War II to take on the German Tiger and other formidable panzers.

12 June 2020

Carl Gnam

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Remembering D-Day

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to open the Western Front to liberate France during World War II.

5 June 2020

Carl Gnam

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Weapons: A-6 Intruder

The Navy and Marine Corps used the A-6 Intruder for a wide array of strike missions during the Vietnam War.

29 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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German Bombing of Bath

After RAF bombings of historic German cities, the Luftwaffe descended on Britain’s “Cathedral Cities” in April and May 1942. The hardest hit was the ancient city of Bath.

26 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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Recording the Pearl Harbor Attack

A pair of amateur filmmakers captured the fateful Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with their 8mm movie camera as it was occurring.

22 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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King Richard’s Chateau Gaillard

Crusader King Richard I built Chateau Gaillard in the late 12th century as a base from which to wage war against the French. But his brother John was unable to hold it after Richard’s untimely death.

22 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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Lucian K. Truscott: The Soldier’s General

Lucian K. Truscott served in the U.S. Army for 30 years and became one of the outstanding combat commanders of World War II.

19 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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German Spymaster Reinhard Gehlen

Reinhard Gehlen parlayed his experience as a senior German intelligence officer in World War II into a postwar career as an anti-communist spymaster.

17 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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Siege of Lucknow: Sowing the Devil’s Wind

The defense of the British Residency in Lucknow by a meager force of soldiers and civilians during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 proved a harrowing ordeal.

12 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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Book Reviews: WWII’s Mission Impossible, generals in the making, and more

The First Special Service Force made its reputation through a daring assault against a mountainous Nazi stronghold.

12 May 2020

Carl Gnam

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