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Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Medical Innovations Spurred by Combat

Before the Gulf War, the U.S. Army was medically configured to deal with casualties expected to occur in a large-scale conventional conflict. Read more

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Beyond All Praise: British Defense of Crete

Brigadier Eric Dorman-Smith, serving as a liaison to Lt. Gen. Richard O’Connor during Operation Compass, the Western Desert campaign, traveled to General Archibald Wavell’s Middle East Command headquarters in Cairo on February 12, 1941, to seek permission to advance British XIII Corps farther west to Tripoli after the total victory over the Italian Xth Army at Beda Fomm, which gave Britain and her Commonwealth Allies control of the Cyrenaican half of Libya. Read more

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The Middle East During WW2: the Birthplace of Many Modern Conflicts

For more than a century, the Middle East was the British Empire’s vital link between the Mediterranean and India. Read more

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New Borders, Old Enemies, The Iran-Iraq War

The world awoke to ominous news on September 22, 1980. Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein had launched a massive armored and air attack across the Iraq-Iran border. Read more

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The UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” Helicopter

As an icon of the Vietnam War and an angel of mercy for American troops who fought there, the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, affectionately known as the “Huey,” has gone on to become the most recognizable helicopter in the world. Read more

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Sargon the Great and the World’s First Professional Army

In about 2340 BC, the king of the ancient city of Kish, Ur-Zababa, was ousted from his throne by one of his courtiers who went by the name of Sargon, who would later be known as King Sargon the Great. Read more

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The March on Baghdad & What Could Have Been

When Rashid Ali seized power in Baghdad, his coup provided Nazi Germany with a key piece of its world strategy for victory. Read more

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The Battle of Cunaxa and the March of the 10,000

Around 10 am on the morning of September 3, 401 bc Cyrus the Younger’s army was approaching the Babylonian village of Cunaxa, a tiny settlement not far from the Euphrates River. Read more

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WW2 Leaders: Field Marshal Archibald Wavell

In late 1940, fortune seemed entirely against the United Kingdom. France had fallen, Italian troops threatened imperial holdings, and Britain’s few allies were still gravely threatened. Read more

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The First Gulf War: Timeline of Events

On August 2, 1990, the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait with the aim of annexing the country. Within a week, U.S. Read more

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Game Features: This War of Mine

Modern military games make war out to be callous, and emotionally arbitrary. They make the tragedy and hardship seem fun.

That’s the feeling Iraq War veteran John Keyser has about modern FPS titles like Call of Duty and Battlefield. Read more

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U.S. Army Heritage Museum

In the heart of Pennsylvania, not far from the Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg, stands the U.S. Read more