The Confederate campaign that nearly took Washington and the desperate battle that saved the […]
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Die Another Day: Counterattack at Normandy
German 21st Panzer Division’s June 6, 1944, counterattack at the Normandy beachheads. Seventy years […]
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“The Longest Day”: 70th Anniversary of D-Day
The enduring legacy of D-Day, one of the pivotal events of World War II.
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Siege of Lachish, 701 B.C.
The Assyrians’ mastery of siegecraft conquered ancient Judah. The opening stanza of Lord Byron’s […]
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Ten Questions: Brigadier General (USAF, Ret.) Carl W. Reddel
Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower is one of America’s – and the world’s – most […]
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British Army Gurkhas
Nepalese soldiers proved to be the British army’s “bravest of the brave.” “If a […]
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Dispatches- Armchair General July 2014
Navy Crosses for Two Fallen Marines On January 18, 2014, two Marines, Staff Sergeant […]
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Crisis Watch- Denying Evil
Malaparte was describing the Americans he met after the liberation of Naples in 1943, […]
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The Helicopter War and Its Effect on Crews Who Fought It
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning,” Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore (Robert […]
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McNamara’s Folly: Lowering the Standards to Fill the Ranks
Books and articles about the Vietnam War tend to focus on “the best and […]