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Skanderberg: Christian Hero of Albania
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckOn December 12, 1466, a small group of horsemen led by an old man with a long white beard rode up to the gates of Rome. Read more
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A Survivor’s Tale
By Flint Whitlock
The mission was top secret. The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) had just delivered the last parts of the atomic bomb from California to the island of Tinian and was heading, unescorted, to Guam when it was intercepted by a Japanese submarine, the I-58, and torpedoed on July 30, 1945. Read more
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Duke Philip III of Burgundy’s Near East Espionage
By William E. WelshDuke Philip III “The Good” of Burgundy took responsibility in the early 15th century for overseeing intelligence missions to the Near East to assess the strength of the Ottoman Empire relative to the relief of the beleaguered Byzantines, as well as the possible recovery of Jerusalem. Read more
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Prince Philip’s War
By Michael E. HaskewThe son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Prince Philip was the last of five children and a great-great grandchild of Queen Victoria. Read more
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Massacre at Vinegar Hill
By David A. NorrisAn army of redcoat regulars and militia gazed up the contours of Vinegar Hill in County Wexford, Ireland. Read more
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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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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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‘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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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
