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The Rise and Fall of the German U-Boat
By William F. Floyd, Jr.On the evening of October 13, 1939, the German submarine surfaced off the Orkney Islands in the North Sea. Read more
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On the evening of October 13, 1939, the German submarine surfaced off the Orkney Islands in the North Sea. Read more
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On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, visited the city of Sarajevo and were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a 20-year-old Yugoslav nationalist. Read more
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I feel deeply honored to have been chosen by the Smithsonian Institution to lead D-Day trips to England and France (one took place in May; the other two were scheduled to take place in September and October). Read more
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The CSS Alabama went to her watery grave on June 19, 1864, off the coast of France, but the lingering effects of her wartime successes made naval history: she continued to haunt the American and British governments for years to come, embroiling the two English-speaking nations in a legal test of wills that would last well into the next decade. Read more
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Spring had finally arrived in the mountainous area of the Austrian Waldviertel, land of long winters and short summers. Read more
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Above all, the island was defendable.
From Ritidian Point in the north to the extreme southern coastline, Guam is 34 miles long, made in an irregular shape covering 228 square miles, the largest of all Pacific islands between Japan and New Guinea. Read more
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In the Ardennes region of eastern Belgium, Adolf Hitler rolled the dice for the last time in World War II. Read more
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War spared no one. As modern armies clashed in France’s Normandy countryside, French civilians found themselves in the crossfire or on the receiving end of bombs and heavy weapons. Read more
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The final defeat of the Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, meant that England became forever Norman. Read more