Criticized for advocating a big-unit war, Gen. Westmoreland launched Cedar Falls in Jan. 1967 to assault a VC bastion
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Daily Quiz for July 6, 2012
A version of the French-developed "Minie ball" was developed a decade earlier in this country.
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Bofors 40mm L/60 Anti-aircraft Gun: Armed Forces Worldwide Cheered This Pom-Pom Replacement
The Bofors L/60 was the mainstay weapon of anti-aircraft defense aboard U.S. Navy warships and remains in use worldwide.
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M18A1 Claymore Mine: Enemy Troops Fall to Pieces
The U.S. Army sought a weapon to counter human-wave assaults, such as those waged by Chinese soldiers against Americans in the Korean War. The Claymore fit the bill.
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Interview: Andrew J. Bacevich / Historian
Boston University professor and retired U.S. Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich reassesses the efficacy of war in the 20th century.
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Letter From Military History – September 2012
Color photography, motion pictures and digital imagery have brought a new immediacy to the chronicle of human warfare.
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Book Review: December 1941, by Evan Mawdsley
In his book December 1941 British historian Evan Mawdsley takes readers beyond Pearl Harbor to the series of shocking events that launched World War II.
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Book Review: Terror in the Balkans, by Ben Shepherd
In his new book Terror in the Balkans, Ben Shepherd takes on the relentlessly divisive and war-torn region of the Balkans.
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Book Review: The Roman Barbarian Wars, by Ludwig Dyck
Ludwig Dyck’s book The Roman Barbarian Wars provides an in-depth look at Rome’s early wars with tribal factions, an era that gave rise to the empire.
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Game Review: Sniper Elite V2, by 505 Games
Sniper Elite V2 draws from the real-life 1945 Operation Overcast, but leans on more modern-day fantasy run-and-gun action.