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The Battle for Berlin was the climax of the War in Europe. This massive operation involved 2.3 million Soviet troops on two fronts, from the east and south. Read more
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At 3:30 in the morning, the first mortar round exploded on the Capo Murro di Porco gun battery on the island of Sicily. Read more
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The first days of the Ardennes Offensive were hard on the American forces defending the region. St Vith was hit especially hard. Read more
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Spitfires is the story of 26 American women who shared a love for the air and a desire to do what their own country wouldn’t let them—contribute to the war effort as pilots. Read more
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A small stone bridge over the Merderet River was a linchpin in the Allied invasion of Normandy, part of a causeway through marshy land that would allow troops from Utah Beach to get to Cherbourgh—the only deepwater port that could support such a massive military offensive. Read more
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It took an ideologically and politically divided coalition to defeat the global threat of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Read more
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On February 19, 1945, nine British and Canadian divisions stood on the brink of victory after fighting their way through rain, mud, cold, and determined Germans to break through the Reichswald Forest between the Rhine and Maas Rivers—opening the way for the British assault into Germany’s heartland. Read more
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The Texas sun beat down in early June, 1844, as 75 Comanche lay hidden in the thick underbrush along the bank of a small creek. Read more
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He enlisted in 1934. Except for those at Pearl Harbor, he was the first American casualty of the war. Read more
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It was May 23, 1945, roughly a year before the execution of Julius Streicher, founder and publisher of the vilest anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda of the war. Read more
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In the late summer of 490 BCE, a large Persian army landed at the plain of Marathon just 26 miles from Athens. Read more
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The German capture of Fort Douaumont overlooking Verdun was a major blow to French morale in February of 1916. Read more
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By the autumn of 1944, German resistance in the West was quickly crumbling as the British and Americans approached the German border 233 days ahead of schedule. Read more
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In the annals of World War II, one of the most famous airplanes is the British-developed Supermarine Spitfire, an agile, elliptical-wing fighter that has become synonymous with the Royal Air Force victory in the Battle of Britain. Read more
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By Eric Niderost
July 3, 1863, dawned clear and bright, the warm sun promising even greater heat to come. By noon, temperatures were already in the low 90s, a typically hot and humid summer day in southern Pennsylvania. Read more
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Anyone interested in reading military history sooner or later comes around to Cornelius Ryan, known to his friends as Connie. He wrote stunning books on World War II: The Last Battle, about the struggle for Berlin; A Bridge Too Far, about the ill-fated race to cross the Rhine bridge at Arnhem in 1944; and, of course, the book with which his fame will always be linked, The Longest Day. Read more
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British General Orde Wingate is one of the more enigmatic World War II commanders encountered in a number of biographical and military historical accounts. Read more
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A detachment of 230 rangers and riflemen scrambled up a rocky escarpment on New York’s Manhattan Island on the morning of September 16, 1776. Read more
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Developer Highwire Games and publisher Victura have prided the shooter Six Days in Fallujah as the world’s first “documentary game” since it first hit Early Access back in June 2023. Read more
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Conflict of Nations: World War III is a grand long term strategy game that pits your military skills against up to 140 other players in expansive online multiplayer matches. Read more
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