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King Charles I: Decision at Naseby
By Arnold BlumbergBy the spring of 1645, the open warfare between King Charles I and his rebellious Parliament had dragged on for nearly three years, with no apparent end in sight. Read more
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The Duke of Marlborough at Malplaquet
by Herman T. VoelknerEngland’s survival hung in the balance. She had only recently clashed with an imposing Continental alliance, in a futile war characterized by unprecedented slaughter on obscure fields in Flanders. Read more
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The Duke of Monmouth vs. King James II
By William WelshThe Duke of Monmouth’s rebel army marched briskly out of Bridgwater into the dark of night on July 6, 1685. Read more
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The Real English Patient Behind the Ralph Fiennes Film
By Ron GilliamOn the morning of May 15, 1942, a strange motorcade rolled out of Campo Four, located 170 hot, dusty miles south of the Italian base at Jalo oasis in northeast Libya. Read more
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
By Joshua ShepherdI can assure you that he has a military mind indeed and in adding experience to the theory he already has, he will become a person of distinction,” Maj. Read more
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The Battle of Evesham: The King Fights Back
by Terry GoreThe Battle of Lewes was over, and with it the end of the actual power of the English king, Henry III. Read more
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How Jean Rapp Saved Napoleon Bonaparte’s Life… Three Times
By Blaine TaylorFew mortals commanded such intense devotion from their troops as did French Emperor Napoleon I, and fewer soldiers still can claim to have had a direct hand in helping to save the life of their commander. Read more
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The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
By Michael HaskewBorn on the island of Corsica to parents of minor nobility on August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte, the future Emperor of France and one of the leading military strategists and tacticians in history, graduated from the French military academy, the prestigious École Militaire, in September 1785, ranking 42nd in a class of 58. Read more
