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Waffen SS General Felix Steiner’s WWII Legacy
By Pat McTaggart“Where is Steiner?” Adolf Hitler demanded as his Thousand Year Reich crumbled around him in April 1945. “Is he attacking yet?” Read more
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf: Oldendorf’s Textbook “Crossing the T”
By Donald J. Roberts II & Lawrence C. SchneiderIn 1944, following the American victories in the South Pacific of operational commanders General Douglas MacArthur in western New Guinea and Admiral Chester Nimitz in the Marianas, American planners considered the next offensive against Japan’s empire. Read more
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Trafalgar in Reverse: The Battle of Jutland
By James DunnIn the spring of 1916, as the result of intense international pressure, Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer called in all his submarines after Germany announced an end to unrestricted underwater attacks on transatlantic merchant ships. Read more
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How the Battle of Surigao Strait Brought Revenge for Pearl Harbor
By David Alan JohnsonAt 2:43 pm on October 24, 1944, one day before the Battle of Surigao Strait, Rear Admiral Jesse B. Read more
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Shootout in Kula Gulf
By John DamagalskiThe island of Guadalcanal loomed in the distance as the warships of Task Force 36.1 approached the waters of Iron Bottom Sound on July 5, 1943. Read more
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British Naval Disaster at Coronel
By John ProtasioWhen World War I broke out in August 1914, the captains of the various German warships called their men together to give three cheers for the Kaiser. Read more
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Clash at Surigao Strait: The Last Battle Line
By David LippmanIn the distance, they could see the jagged flashes of lightning, an incoming squall in the dark. Just before the rain arrived, so did St. Read more
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The Battle of Cape Esperance: A Sorely Needed Naval Victory
By David Alan Johnson“One large, two small vessels, one six miles from Savo off northern beach, Guadalcanal. Will investigate closer.” Read more
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Naval History: The Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War
by Brad ReynoldsAt the turn of the 19th Century, Japanese incursions into Korea forced Russia to fortify her ports at Vladivostok and Port Arthur. Read more
