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U.S. Forces in the Philippines: Too Little, Too Late
by Sam McGowanIn the popular history of World War II, the assertion that the United States was caught unprepared in Hawaii and the Philippines has become widely accepted as fact. Read more
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Battle of Rennell Island: A Fiery End for the USS Chicago
by John DomagalskiWith bond clerk Marge Henning standing by as a witness, Colonel Frank Eldridge removed the first piece of the puzzle. Read more
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The OSS’ Operation Cardinal: Locating General Jonathan Wainwright
By John ManciniOn May 6, 1942, in the Malinta Tunnel, Corregidor Island, General Jonathan Wainwright waited for the Japanese to respond to his surrender offer with a cease-fire. Read more
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Pete Ellis: Father of Amphibious Warfare
by Al HemingwayHe suffered from acute alcoholism and severe bouts of depression. As a result of his heavy drinking, he would wander about for days yelling incoherently. Read more
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Smokescreens: Fighting for Metz
By Jon LatimerWith the defeat of the German Seventh Army and the closing of the Falaise Gap in the summer of 1944, the Allies pursued the retreating enemy across France. Read more
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Operation Matterhorn
by John Kennedy OhlMost writings about World War II tend to attribute the success or failure of military operations to the skill with which generals and admirals handled their forces in battle and to the fighting abilities of soldiers, sailors, and airmen. Read more
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General Mark Clark’s Secret Mission to North Africa
by Jon MikolashekRain battered the shore and the seas were rough on the night of October 21, 1942. Under the surface of the water, a submarine carried the Allies’ best hope for turning the tide of war in 1942. Read more
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Baseball Goes to War
by Roy Morris Jr.In December 1941, after four decades of play in the same sixteen eastern and midwestern cities, major league baseball was finally coming to the west coast. Read more
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The Battle of the Bulge & The Defense of St. Vith
By Charles GutierrezThe U.S. 9th Armored Division arrived in the European Theater of Operations in late October 1944 as a reserve for Maj. Read more
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Hanna Reitsch, the Reichenberg Project & Germany’s Kamikazes
By David Alan JohnsonBy early 1944, the Luftwaffe was only a shadow of what it had been at the beginning of the war. Read more
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Commando Paddy Mayne: Ireland’s Wolf of the Desert
by Kelly BellThe night of December 14, 1941, was bitterly cold in the North African desert. Midway between El Agheila and Tripoli, Libya, was the German and Italian air base outside the town of Tamet. Read more
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Guadalcanal: Bloody Encounter at Hell’s Point
by Al HemingwayOn the humid morning of August 19, 1942, infantrymen from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines carefully eyed the landscape for any signs of Japanese soldiers as they slowly made their way through the thick jungle on the island of Guadalcanal, located in the Solomon Islands. Read more
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WWII German Cavalry: Horses of the Blitz
by G. Paul GarsonBy 1939 the German Reich possessed 3,800,000 horses to be used in WWII German cavalry while 885,000 were initially called to the Wehrmacht as saddle, draft, and pack animals. Read more
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The WWII Sniper: Caught in the Crosshairs of Famous Sharpshooters
by Jon LatimerThe art of sniping developed from the sharpshooting practiced during earlier conflicts. During the 19th century, the steadily improving technology of the rifle led to the use of sharpshooters during the American Civil War and the Boer War. Read more
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For God and Country: The Story of John Birch
by Sam McGowanIn the 1960s the John Birch Society was well known to most Americans as a right-wing political organization noted for its anti-communism and conspiracy theories. Read more
