Extreme heat conditions affected battle strategy and killed soldiers.
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This Ukrainian Orphan Girl Became a World War II Hero
Nina Onilova set out to become a soldier and made history as a woman machine gunner.
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The MiG-25 Terrified the West Until a Defector Exposed Its True Nature
The once-top-secret Soviet interceptor turned out to be a Potemkin Village of an airplane.
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Bullets Weren’t the Only Thing to Worry About at Gettysburg — The Heat Could Be Just as Dangerous
Gettysburg battlefield guide and author Jeffrey J. Harding teamed up with Pennsylvania State University meteorologist Jon M. Nese to pin down what soldiers likely experienced.
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The Iron Brigade Speaks: These Are Some of the Best Primary Sources on the Famous Fighting Unit
Anyone looking for published primary sources on the Iron Brigade of the West will find much to consider but should start with the classic “Service with The Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers” by Rufus R. Dawes.
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Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee Massacre Soldiers May Be Rescinded
Lawmakers took a step last week toward taking back the nation’s highest award for valor from Army troops who perpetrated one of the most infamous American Indian massacres in U.S. history.
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Claus von Stauffenberg: The Man Who Tried to Kill Hitler
Enraged by the attempt on his life, Hitler insisted that the very name “Stauffenberg” be wiped from history.
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The Origin of the Military’s Iconic Mantra ‘Embrace the Suck’
Though it’s impossible to trace back the phrase definitively to its first user, it became popularized in 2003 by Marines in Iraq.
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Interview: Simon Elliott / Uncovering the Legacy of Rome’s ‘Pirate King’
New research sheds light on the life and leadership of a Roman naval commander who seized strategic water routes and defied the empire.
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Watch the Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate
In the midst of a hot Cold War, one of the most unusual U.S.-Soviet confrontations took place in a fake American kitchen in Moscow.