World War II made giant reputations—from Winston Churchill’s to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s, from Joseph […]
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First Blood on the Ghost Front
Before the Allies won the Battle of the Bulge, the German spearpoint ripped an […]
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Time Travel: Going to the Flow
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, October 13, 1939, German submarine surfaced and scraped between U-47 the […]
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Fire for Effect: Against the Wall
A TRAVELER TO D-DAY battle sites will see a lot of concrete. After the […]
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Lost in Translation: Conversation with Max Horlick
AS A LANGUAGE SPECIALIST IN U.S. Army intelligence, “I was a natural,” quips 96-year-old […]
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The Reading List: Ron Rosenbaum
In his choices, writer Ron Rosenbaum emphasizes works that bring one nearer to those […]
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Measure of a Man: How One Man Took on Nazi Death Squads
An untried American prosecutor took on Nazi death squads–and in the process found his life’s work helping victims of war crimes
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Outer Limits of Armor
Eccentric solo inventor J. Walter Christie designed vehicles like no others. But his oddball designs influenced some of the 20th century’s best tanks.
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Daily Quiz for February 13, 2017
Astride this horse, George Washington accepted Britain’s surrender at Yorktown.
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Daily Quiz for February 12, 2017
Although he was a slave, James Armistead served as an army spy during this war.