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Streets Sewn with Bodies: Wellington at Fuentes de Onoro
By Mike PhiferIt had been a brutal winter for the French Army of Portugal. War and hunger had haunted the occupiers, causing their number to dwindle by the thousands. Read more
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Rivals of the River Plate
By David H. LippmanThe four ships that raced into battle on December 13, 1939, off the mouth of the River Plate were, as historian and novelist Len Deighton tartly observed, “three different answers to the question that had plagued the world’s navies for half a century: what should a cruiser be?” Read more
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Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
By Eric NiderostThe name Gaius Suetonius Paulinus doesn’t ring across the centuries from the annals of Roman military history like the names of Julius Caesar, Tiberius Nero, or Scipio Africanus. Read more
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The “Tough ‘Ombres” of 90th ID Stand Tall at Mairy
By Christopher MiskimonAs summer neared its end in early September 1944, the U.S. Army raced across northern France toward the German border. Read more
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One Gallant Rush: Black Soldiers at Fort Wagner
By Eric NiderostThe sun had already set, but the western sky was still bright from its fiery departure not long before. Read more
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Wreaking Havoc
By Sam McGowanFew airplanes can claim the honor of being credited with changing the course of World War II, but the Douglas A-20 Havoc twin-engine light bomber is one that can. Read more
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Revenge at Falkirk
By Charles HilberStanding 6 feet 2 inches tall with a fiery temper, English King Edward I was an imposing and intimidating figure. Read more
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“Let Us Die Like Men”
By Mike PhiferMajor General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne rose to his feet in the early afternoon of November 30, 1864, when he saw the courier galloping toward him. Read more
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The Flying Tiger and the Demon
by Bob BerginErik Shilling, a pilot of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) Flying Tigers, faced the angry mob. There were about 30 of them, all in loincloths and leather vests with no buttons. Read more
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Spartacus: Freedom by the Sword
By Eric NiderostIn the spring of 73 bc, Thracian gladiator Spartacus decided that the time was right to attempt an escape. Read more
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Fighting The War in the Middle East
By William StroockFor more than a century the Middle East was the British Empire’s vital link between the Mediterranean and India. Read more
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Italian Military Adventurer
By William E. WelshAn assault on an Alan woman by an Almogavar of the Catalan Company exploded into a skirmish between the two groups of allies in the pay of the Byzantine Empire on April 9, 1303. Read more
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The Siege of Paris
By Louis CiotolaThe final outcome of the Franco-Prussian War was decided on September 2, 1870. On that day, more than 100,000 French troops, including Emperor Napoleon III, surrendered to the Prussian Army at Sedan. Read more
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The Hood Has Blown Up!
By Mark CarlsonIn one of the most gripping scenes of the 1960 motion picture Sink the Bismarck! the viewer is witness to the climactic moment of the Battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941. Read more
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Grant’s Army of the Tennesee overcame adversity on the roundabout road to Vicksburg.
Major General Ulysses S. Grant sat on his horse in late April 1863 next to a narrow bridge over a wide marsh on the west bank of the Mississippi River in northeastern Louisiana. Read more
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Wartales
By Joseph LusterWartales is a medieval-themed open-world tactical RPG from Shiro Unlimited, and it’s been doing pretty well for itself since its initial launch. Read more
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Epic Stand at Midway
By Michael E. HaskewOn May 2, 1942, the eve of the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina flying boat skimmed the water’s surface and touched down in the lagoon of Midway Atoll, 1,137 miles west of Oahu. Read more
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Hannibal And The Failure Of Success
By Steven WeingartnerAlthough Hannibal Barca has rightly been hailed as one of history’s greatest military commanders, his reputation for greatness is based largely on his performance in the first three years (218-202 bc) of the 16-year conflict known as the Second Punic War. Read more
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Katie Stossel’s ‘A Handful of Heroes’
By Christopher MiskimonIt was chiefly due to the courageous conduct of these men that communication with the hospital was kept up at all,” stated an article that appeared on the London Gazette on May 2, 1879. Read more
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Justus D. Doenecke’s ‘More Precious than Peace’
By Christopher MiskimonIn just 19 months the United States mobilized and sent overseas two million troops and built an industrial war machine that greatly aided the Allies in winning World War I. Read more
