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French Fiasco at Dettingen
By David A. NorrisIt sounds like it might have been a scene from the Middle Ages. A king of England with sword in hand led his forces against their longtime enemies, the French. Read more
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Breakout Across the Seine
By Arnold BlumbergOn August 14, 1944, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., paused after his daily staff conference to offer a short speech about the accomplishments of his Third Army. Read more
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King Pepin the Short
By William E. WelshAn event of great significance in early medieval Europe occurred in 753, when newly ensconced Pope Stephen II decided to journey north to Metz to confer with Frankish King Pepin III (known as “The Short”). Read more
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The German Submarine U-47
By William F. Floyd Jr.On the evening of October 13, 1939, The German submarine U-47 surfaced off the Orkney Islands in the North Sea. Read more
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Military History Books for Fall 2022
By Christopher Miskimon Full ReviewsTo the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South’s Most Feared Ship – and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War (Phil Keith with Tom Clavin, Hanover Square Press, Toronto, Ontario Canada, 2022, 304 pp., Read more
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A Spectacle Of Singular Magnificence
By Eric NiderostIt was the afternoon of September 20, 1863, and the right wing of the Union Army of the Cumberland was in full flight at the battle of Chickamauga in northern Georgia. Read more
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Attacks by Patriot irregulars doomed John Burgoyne’s invading British army
The maxim “an army marches on its stomach,” attributed to both Napoleon and Frederick the Great rings true when considering the fate of Maj. Read more
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Battlefield 2042 Season 1
By Joseph LusterWhen Battlefield 2042 Season 1 first dropped back in June, our first thoughts were, “hold on, didn’t Battlefield 2042 come out back in November 2021?” Read more
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Arma Reforger
By Joseph LusterAmazingly, it’s been nearly a decade since the last main game in the ARMA series—2013’s ARMA 3, which was followed by a standalone mobile game titled ARMA Mobile Ops in 2016 that we won’t count as a true entry—was released. Read more
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Raid on Makin
By David H. LippmanIn the darkness, the two American submarines moved toward the hostile beach, inching carefully through badly marked waters. Read more
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Brandy Station: The Largest American Civil War Cavalry Battle
By David A. NorrisMajor Henry B. McClellan should have had a quiet afternoon. At dawn on June 9, 1863, Union cavalry had launched a surprise attack on Maj. Read more
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‘A Most Lamentable Failure’
By John E. SpindlerIt is not always the actions of the brave and mighty that determine a battle’s outcome—victory or defeat can hinge on the most mundane of events. Read more
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Courageous Stand at Con Thien
By William E. WelshAs the sun rose on May 8, 1967, it illuminated the 525-foot-high hill known as Con Thien where the Marine Corps had established a firebase two miles south of the Demilitarized Zone in South Vietnam. Read more
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British Disaster at Saratoga
By David A. NorrisFour months earlier Major General John Burgoyne had left Canada with a large army. He intended to deliver a fatal blow to the colonial revolt that had begun on April 19, 1775. Read more
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Bold Stand at Talavera
By Mike PhiferIgnoring the scorching summer heat, Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley climbed one of the towers on the ruined estate of Casa de Salinas 80 miles southwest of Madrid, Spain, to survey the surrounding countryside. Read more
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Snared in a Prussian Trap
By Victor KamenirDriven and energetic in his youth, by the late 1860s French Emperor Napoleon III was a shadow of his former self. Read more
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Axis Collapse in Normandy
By Robert L. DurhamGerman panzergrenadiers surrounded Hill 314 just east of Mortain in Normandy on August 7, 1944, trapping several companies of the 2nd Battalion of the U.S. Read more
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French Vice Admiral Charles D’Estaing
By William E. WelshIn one of those ironic twists of history, French Vice Admiral Count Charles Henri Hector d’Estaing, who led the first French fleet to North America in 1778 to assist the Americans during their revolt against the British crown, never met George Washington. Read more
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Medal of Honor Recipient Daniel Butterfield
By William F. Floyd Jr.The series of battles that constituted the Confederate offensive against the Union army on the eastern outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, in summer 1862 would thrust a number of Union officers into the limelight. Read more
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Royal Marine of the 2nd Battalion (1813-1815)
By William E. Welsh, Art by Don TroianiAfter nearly 150 years of service to the British crown, the Royal Marines had upwards of 31,000 marines worldwide at the time of the War of 1812, which constituted about 13 percent of the 240,000 British troops under arms around the globe at that time. Read more
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Did the South lose the Civil War because of Northern superiority or its own mismanagement?
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