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The Soviet Secret Police & the Katyn Forest Massacre
By Richard RuleOn September 17, 1939, in the wake of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, the Soviet Red Army crossed the Polish frontier from the east. Read more
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The USS Vestal: The Pearl Harbor Attack & Beyond
by Glenn BarnettOn Saturday, December 6, 1941, the repair ship USS Vestal eased alongside the USS Arizona at her berth at Pearl Harbor. Read more
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Napoleon Bonaparte & the Patriotic War of 1812
By Frank QuinnFor many, the fascination of military history lies in the “What if …” What if Hitler had not ordered the Luftwaffe to shift from bombing RAF airfields to bombing London in 1940? Read more
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Battle of Cape Ecnomus & the First Punic War
By Marc G. De Santis“But so long as the Carthaginians held unchallenged control of the sea, the issue of the war still hung in the balance. Read more
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Hit & Run: British Commandos Striking the Atlantic Wall in Norway
By Donald J. Roberts IIFollowing the forced evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk in June 1940, British leaders viewed a dim future. Read more
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The Composite Bow: The Medieval Precursor to the Rifle
By O’Brien BrowneOrderly rows of Sumerian soldiers stretched across the grassy plain, their conical bronze helmets hard and bright under the sizzling sun. Read more
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Prit Buttar’s ‘To Besiege a City’
By Christopher MiskimonThe terrain around Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the Soviet Union proved difficult for the attacking German armies in August and September 1941. Read more
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Joseph P. Olexa’s ‘Death and Life in the Big Red One’
By Christopher MiskimonJoe Olexa figured that if a war was coming, he wanted to be ready for it, so he joined the army in December 1940. Read more
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Minge, Ward and Brun’s ‘The Viking Battalion’
By Christopher MiskimonWith Norway occupied by the Third Reich, thousands of Norwegians abroad were without a home and many more who had immigrated to the United States wanted to see their homeland liberated. Read more
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Ben Wheatley’s ‘The Panzers of Prokhorovka’
Part of the summer 1943 Battle of Kursk in the Soviet Union, Prokhorovka stands out as a fearsome clash of opposing tanks and a turning point on the Eastern Front. Read more
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Mark E. Stille’s ‘Leyte Gulf’
By Christopher MiskimonIn addition to being history’s biggest naval battle, Leyte Gulf was also the last battle to take place between fleets. Read more
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Claringbould and Ingman’s ‘Solomons Air War Volume 1’
By Christopher MiskimonAt 1 p.m. on August 7, 1942, Lieutenant (jg) Gordon Firebaugh took off from the carrier USS Enterprise leading six Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters. Read more
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Tom Hutton’s ‘Hitler’s Maladies’
By Christopher MiskimonBy April 1945, Hitler suffered from several mental and physical ailments. These included an advanced case of Parkinson’s Disease, heart disease, and gastrointestinal disorders along with other minor illnesses. Read more
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The Battle of Chosin Reservoir: The Korean War’s Hills of Hell
By Eric HammelThe 1st Marine Division was on the move toward the Yalu River. With any luck, if the weather cooperated, the Korean War, or rather, the United Nations police action in Korea, would be over in weeks. Read more
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Rolling the Dice: Robert E. Lee at Petersburg
By Joseph E. LowryBy the early spring of 1865, the Southern Confederacy was on the cusp of extinction. In every theater of the four-year-old Civil War, the gray-clad Rebels were getting the worst of things. Read more
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From the PublisherWelcome to WWII History’s new format and publishing frequency—you’ll now find more pages, and more stories, in each issue. Read more
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World War I’s Second Battle of Ypres: Salient of Death
By Mike PhiferDespite the incessant German shelling that had been hammering away at the French lines to their immediate left near the rubble-strewn city of Ypres in northwestern Belgium, the largely untested soldiers of the Canadian 1st Division found the early spring day of April 22, 1915, surprisingly warm and pleasant. Read more
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Siege of Tyre: Alexander the Great’s Assault on the Persians
By Marc G. De SantisIt was the autumn of 333 bc and Alexander the Great stood triumphant on the battlefield of Issus. Read more
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Famous Soldiers: Shih Huang-ti
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckWhen rebel peasants under a charismatic army deserter named Liu Pang descended on the capital city of Hsien Yang in 206 bc, they did so under the considerable shadow of the Ch’in dynasty’s former ruler, Shih Huang-ti. Read more
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Stately Minuet of Death: Maurice de Saxe at Fontenoy
By Vince HawkinsIn the Age of Reason, even wars were fought reasonably. Well-ordered marches, carefully dressed ranks of impeccably turned-out soldiers, and elaborately sketched battle plans were the order of the day in the so-called “lace wars” of the mid-18th century. Read more
