Rich Frank reviews a new bio on the man behind Midway
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What If Winston Churchill Had Offered Less “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”?
The impact Churchill’s image had on the postwar world would have been altered.
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A Rational German Explains His Respect for Hitler
There are many people who think that there was some kind of uniquely German […]
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Travel to the Fall of Singapore
Soon after my arrival on steamy Singapore, I swore I heard bagpipes—faint, haunting skirls […]
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A U-Boat Commander Shares Memories of His Captor—and Friend
On March 19, 1944, Allied warplanes blew up a German U-boat off the coast […]
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From D-Day to Paris: Capturing the Story of a Lifetime
Three legendary war correspondents—Robert Capa, Ernie Pyle, and Ernest Hemingway—scramble to cover the Allied advance across France.
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Corregidor: The last battle in the fall of the Philippines
Once a haven, the island fortress of Corregidor became its own brand of hell following the fall of Bataan
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Daily Quiz for April 23, 2012
He kept Antioch, against the wishes of the Byzantines, after capturing it through treachery during the First Crusade.
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Warsaw Rising: Hope and Betrayal
As Poland’s underground army struggled to pry the Germans from their capital, Stalin sat back and let the Rising fail.
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Daily Quiz for April 22, 2012
This Confederate general invaded Kentucky but withdrew after the Battle of Perryville.