Napoleon Bonaparte created this self-sufficient combined-arms grouping of troops.
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Daily Quiz for March 23, 2012
This German general diverted a huge amount of Allied resources from other fronts with his guerilla campaign in German East Africa during World War I.
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Backhand Blow: Kharkov 1943
Erich von Manstein revives the Wehrmacht, smashes the Red Army—and dooms his forces on the Eastern Front
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Daily Quiz for March 22, 2012
The caracole was a tactic used in the 16th – 18th centuries that involved cavalry firing this weapon at close range.
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Daily Quiz for March 21, 2012
The "Anaconda Plan" was a strategy for blockading and "strangling" an opponent into capitulation during this war.
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Daily Quiz for March 20, 2012
This German 30th U-boat Flotilla of World War II is famous for having all six of its boats transported overland to this location.
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Book Review: Vietnam Gun Trucks
In Vietnam Gun Trucks by Gordon L. Rottman, the vehicles’ designs, names and markings are given generous treatment in the illustrations and descriptions.
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Reviews- Blackhorse Riders – A Desperate Last Stand, An Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle That America Forgot
Blackhorse Riders by Philip Keith is an overdue tribute to the men of Alpha Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, for their daring rescue of a 1st Cav Div unit in March 1970
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DVD Review – Vietnam in HD
Vietnam in HD, which ran on the History channel in November 2011, is a six-hour documentary using film footage from GI’s in-country home movies, including first-person accounts
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North Vietnam’s M-43 120mm mortar
Of the NVA’s supporting arms in battles around Dak To in 1967, the M-43 120mm was the most powerful