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The War of 1812: Slugfest at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane
by Mike PhiferIn the cover of darkness and fog, American troops quietly made their way down to the edge of the Niagara River. Read more
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May 8, 1945: V-E Day and the Surrender of Germany
by Flint WhitlockIn May 1945—70 years ago—the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) sent out a terse, unemotional, 15-word communiqué: “The mission of this Allied force was fulfilled at 0241 local time, May 7, 1945.” Read more
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Commodore Thomas Macdonough During the First Barbary War
by Steven OssadIn the harbor of Tripoli, the 38-gun frigate USS Philadelphia, pride of the Mediterranean Squadron, lay at anchor. Read more
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British Military Intelligence: The ULTRA Project
by Brooke C. StoddardThe casual reader of World War II history will come across the assertion that the Allies in Europe were reading the German codes. Read more
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Misadventure in the Sinai
By Eric HammelMany historians consider the Suez-Sinai campaign in the autumn of 1956 the last hurrah for British and French colonialist efforts in the Middle East. Read more
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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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Protecting & Repatriating American Remains at the Battle of Saipan
By Mike HaskewMany vestiges of World War II in the Pacific linger, denying the ravages of time.
The battleship USS Missouri, where the war ended nearly 70 years ago, remains as a floating monument and museum at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Read more
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How World War 1 Reshaped The Course of Europe
by Mike HaskewOn 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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The First Gulf War: Timeline of Events
By William E. WelshOn 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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U.S. Soldiers Missing In Action: Then and Now
By Brooke C. StoddardTo its credit, the United States has been going to extraordinary lengths to reclaim its soldiers missing in action or killed. Read more
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Life in the Navy: From the First Spanish Armada to Pearl Harbor
By Keith MiltonThe age of the sailing warships lasted less than three hundred years, beginning roughly with the battle of the Spanish armada against the English fleet under Howard and Drake in 1588, and ending at the Battle of Navarrino in 1827, the last major naval engagement fought completely under canvas. Read more
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
By Brian BelkoThe trailer for another Call of Duty game, this one being developed by Sledgehammer Games, leaked online. Called Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the game will be set in the year 2054. Read more
