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General Omar Bradley: Dwight D Eisenhower’s Indispensible Lieutenant

Great commanders need great subordinates. In the campaigns in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, General Dwight D. Read more

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Alexandria: Redcoats in the Land of the Pharaohs

It was a spectacle never to be forgotten by those few who were lucky enough to witness it. Read more

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The French 75 Gun: The Secret Cannon Used for Over Half a Century

A regiment of Bavarian infantry advanced quietly in the dark, rising from its own trenches and moving toward the French lines across the desolate no-man’s-land in between. Read more

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Were P-47 Thunderbolt Aircraft Really Formidable Fighter-Bombers?

Since the end of World War II, the aviation press has made the North American P-51 Mustang into the superstar Allied fighter of the war. Read more

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Clash of Religions at Malta

At dawn on May 18, 1565, one of the largest armadas ever assembled appeared off the Mediterranean island of Malta. Read more

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Duel in the Desert: Operation Crusade’s Battle of Bardia

The desert sky lit up like a summer lightning storm on the night of December 31, 1941. The distant thunder of hundreds of guns rolled across the sandy, stony ground. Read more

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The Rangers’ British Padre: Father Albert Basil

One day shortly after the Battle of El Guettar in central Tunisia in March 1943, Colonel William O. Read more

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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, a Castilian mercenary who served Christian kings and Muslim emirs alike in late 11th-century Spain, was born in 1043 in the village of Vivar, about six miles north of the city of Burgos. Read more

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Captured Weapons of the Reich: A Photo Essay

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The Fairey Swordfish Torpedo Bomber

Radar, atomic bombs, jet engines and early cruise missiles were among the numerous technological advances of World War II. Read more

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Spartacus: Freedom by the Sword

In the spring of 73 bc, Thracian gladiator Spartacus decided that the time was right to attempt an escape. Read more

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General Iphracates: Innovative Commander of Ancient Greece

The 3rd century BC in Greece was an age of military innovation. The lessons learned in the Peloponnesian War (431-404) led to the increased use of lightly armed troops and cavalry. Read more

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Napoleon’s Stunning Debut: The Italian Campaign

Barthélemy Schérer, commander of the French Army, gazed at the new military orders from Paris in disbelief. The grandoise strategy, detailing an advance on three fronts with the armies uniting in Tyrol for a concentrated thrust at Vienna, were far beyond the capabilities of the starving southern army he commanded along the French Riveria against the combined forces of Austria and Sardinia. Read more

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Roman Armageddon at Pharsalus

The snow-capped peaks of the Ceraunian Mountains stared down on the sturdy barks hunting for a suitable place to land on the coast of Epirus on January 5, 48 bc. Read more

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Battle of Kadesh: Clash of the Chariot Armies

In the cold, early morning of a day in late May 1274 bc, the Egyptian troops of the Re corps were abruptly awoken with shouts, kicks, or nudges. Read more

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SCR-300 WW2 Radio Backpack: The “Walkie Talkie” That Shaped the War

Early in 1945, in the Northern Appenine mountains of Italy, T/5 Harvey, a radioman with the 10th Mountain Division, is carrying his WW2 radio backpack, the ever-handy SCR-300, into combat for the first time. Read more

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Rampage on the Riviera: Operation Dragoon

Early in 1944, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the defeated hero of North Africa and now head of Army Group B in France, was tasked with strengthening the Atlantic Wall defenses against Allied invasion. Read more

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Mishap at Maleme

Brigadier Leslie Andrew, VC, DSO, was born in New Zealand on March 24, 1897. He served his country and the British Empire during both world wars. Read more

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Crushing Counterattack at Salerno

On the morning of September 13, 1943, Col. Gen. Heinrich G. von Vietinghoff, commander of the German Tenth Army, faced a difficult decision. Read more

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Book Reviews: Heroism of the Nisei Soldiers

(Scott McGaugh, Da Capo Press, Boston, 2016, 257 pp., Read more