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Sharp Clash at North Anna

Ulysses S. Grant’s drive on Richmond in May 1864 faced a difficult tactical challenge when Robert E. Lee’s army entrenched behind the North Anna River.

11 February 2020

Brusilov’s WWI Breakthrough on the Eastern Front

Russian General Aleksei Brusilov unleashed a spectacular offensive on the Eastern Front in the summer of 1916 that put Austria-Hungary in great peril during World War l.

4 February 2020

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Great Raid on Cabanatuan

American and Filipino soldiers and irregulars mounted a daring rescue of 500 U.S. prisoners in the Philippines during World War II.

4 February 2020

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The Battle of Hürtgen Forest: A Tactical Nightmare for Allied Forces

The U.S. 22nd Infantry Regiment and many other units suffered heavily in the grim, bloody battle of Hürtgen Forest.

29 January 2020

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Masterstroke at the Battle of Salamanca

The Earl of Wellington proved—against a French army at the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812—that he was as skilled at offensive operations as defensive ones.

29 January 2020

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D-Day Landing at Omaha Beach

The U.S. infantrymen assaulting Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, found themselves in a lethal killing zone. There was only one way out.

28 January 2020

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Patriot Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox

Francis Marion waged successful guerrilla warfare against British forces in South Carolina during the final years of the American Revolutionary War.

28 January 2020

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Long Odds At the Battle of Jonesborough

The Confederate counterattack at the Battle of Jonesborough in the late summer of 1864 was borne of desperation to prevent the Union Army from encircling Atlanta.

24 January 2020

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Heroic Warsaw Airlift

Allied airmen braved horrific German flak over the Polish capital in an effort to drop supplies to resistance fighters during the Warsaw Uprising.

24 January 2020

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Junkers Ju-87 Stuka: Fearsome Luftwaffe Vulture

The Ju-87 Stuka terrorized civilian populations in the early days of the Nazi blitzkrieg during World War II.

21 January 2020

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The Battle of Varna: “Let Us Fight with Bravery”

Hungarian and Polish crusaders marched into Bulgaria in 1444 determined to defeat the Ottoman army. The opponents met at the Battle of Varna in a tight contest of arms.

21 January 2020

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Review: F-86 vs. MiG-15

The American F-86 and MiG-15 battled for control of the skies during the Korean War.

20 January 2020

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A Fierce Glory: The Battle of Antietam

The story of the 7th Maine Regiment is typical of the many gripping narratives that illuminate the pivotal Battle of Antietam in this new book.

18 January 2020

Books, Civil War, Latest Posts

Death on the Oder: The Soviet Advance on Berlin

The Red Army’s capture of Küstrin, the German fortress town, provided Marshal Georgi Zhukov with a springboard to launch the Battle of Berlin near the end of World War II.

17 January 2020

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Midway Air Hero Remembered

Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky is the subject of a new biography.

16 January 2020

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