A C-46 crossing the Himalayas in 1945 disappeared, and it was just located
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Were We Right to Be Afraid of China During the Vietnam War?
Fears of China on the battlefield were rampant during the Vietnam War. Were they justified?
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Book Review: Their Maryland / The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862
Alexander Rossino revisits Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army and asks why he made the choices he did in Maryland and beyond.
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Meet Hugh Willoughby, the Wealthy Dilettante Turned Aviation Pioneer
In balloons or planes, this New York rich kid, friend to the Wright brothers and later America’s oldest pilot, realized the new frontier was in the skies.
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Book Review: Confederates and Comancheros / Skullduggery and Double-Dealing in the Texas-New Mexico Borderlands
Co-authors James Bailey Blackshear and Glen Sample Ely navigate the complicated history of the Civil War-era borderlands between Texas and New Mexico
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Famed ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ Painting Up For Auction
Got a cool $20 million to spare?
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North Vietnam’s Type 74 Flamethrower
The Chinese-built Type 74 flamethrower was a license-built copy of the Soviet LPO-50 that entered service in 1953.
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The 3 Japanese Warlords Who Unified Japan
Warlords Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu worked both together and at odds to forge a nation from a feudal war zone
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De Gaulle’s 1941 Plan to Overthrow Nazi-Backed Vichy France — On His Own
When the Allies refused to buck Vichy France, the exiled leader of the Free French resistance forces decided to take matters into his own hands.
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How This Aussie Soldier Received Top Military Honors From 2 Countries
Rayene Simpson was awarded the Victoria Cross and the U.S. Silver Star for his heroism