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P-40 Fighter Pilot: Fighting for His Life

A young American fighter pilot experienced a particularly tough day in combat against the Japanese while flying his fighter over New Guinea during World War II.

10 March 2020

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Captured at the Bulge

Private Leon Goldberg fought off German attacks at the Battle of the Bulge for three days before becoming a prisoner of war.

6 March 2020

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Operation Torch: Invasion of North Africa

On November 8,1942, the Allied invasion of North Africa initiated a long offensive road to victory against the Axis.

3 March 2020

Night Battleship Action Off Guadalcanal

On November 14-15, 1942, SG radar played a decisive role in the second phase of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

3 March 2020

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D-Day Capture of Les Moulins Draw

On D-Day, elements of 12 battalions from the 29th Infantry Division gave their all to seize one of Omaha Beach’s vital draws.

28 February 2020

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Slaughter at the Battle of Cannae

The Roman infantry advanced in a deep formation with the intention of smashing Hannibal’s line at Cannae in 216 BC. But Hannibal discerned their intentions and turned it against them.

25 February 2020

The Wonderful M29 Weasel

Although the M29 Weasel’s intended mission never took place, it found work transporting troops and supplies during World War II.

25 February 2020

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Easy Company Mortarman

Paratrooper Bradford Freeman was a member of the 101st Airborne's famed Band of Brothers. He recalls fighting in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.

25 February 2020

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Ordnance: The Piper L-4 “Eyes in the Sky”

The Piper L-4 and Stinson L-5 Sentinel liaison aircraft were important air assets employed by the United States during World War II.

24 February 2020

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Italian War Criminal Rodolfo Graziani

Italian Marshal Rodolfo Graziani was the highest ranking Italian war criminal to escape postwar justice during World War II.

21 February 2020

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Soldiers: Matthias Corvinus

Matthias Corvinus expanded the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 15th century at the expense of Emperor Frederick III.

16 February 2020

Doughboys’ Bloody Baptism at the Battle of Cantigny

In their first major battles of World War I, American Expeditionary Force troops helped blunt multiple offensives launched by the German Army in the spring of 1918.

13 February 2020

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

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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

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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