The late 18th century grapple for Bavaria was small potatoes on the battlefield but […]
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Tightrope Walker
At the close of the Battle of the Atlantic a long-range German U-boat played […]
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Scourge of the Gallowglass
For nearly four centuries these sons of Scottish clansmen and Norse raiders dominated the […]
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Almost Victory
The 1916 Brusilov offensive was intended to bring an early end to World War […]
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Peter Kemp: ‘Set Europe Ablaze’
British commando Peter Kemp did just as Churchill ordered, fighting oppression in Europe and elsewhere
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Mary Rose
The man-of-war was a relatively new concept when the English retrofitted Mary Rose with heavy guns—and disastrous consequences.
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American Battle Monuments Commission Secretary Max Cleland
ABMC Secretary Max Cleland discusses the importance of recovering, identifying, respectfully interring and honoring American war dead
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Letter From Military History – September 2016
America venerates its war dead by recovering and identifying remains, respectfully interring those remains and honoring our service members’ sacrifice
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Book Review: Betrayal at Little Gibraltar
William Walker centers his story on an ill-planned assault by green American troops on a fortified German position during the World War I Meuse-Argonne campaign