The U.S. Navy reinvented itself—and the American sailor—during a century of radical change in technology and warfare
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Daily Quiz for February 1, 2012
Alexander the Great defeated this Achaemenid Persian king twice, and then chased him east into the vastness of Bactria.
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Daily Quiz for January 31, 2012
This was the only US carrier lost during the Battle of Midway.
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Newark at the Crossroad
A look at the historic market town with it’s local MP.
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Patton: The German View
Popular knowledge is that the Germans so feared and admired the American general, they watched his every move. The truth is very different.
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Alaska’s Cutthroats
When Japan captured a forbidding stretch of Alaskan soil, a group of tough-as-nails commandos led the charge to take it back
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Tokyo Slim
Mitsubishi’s A6M Type 0, the top carrier-based fighter in the opening days of the war
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Why Eva Braun Deserves No Sympathy: Conversation with Heike Görtemaker
Sixty-seven years after her death, Eva Braun, the long-time mistress of Adolf Hitler, remains […]
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A Soviet Strongman Reflects on the Art of Crushing Fear
How Stalin’s policies meant the difference between life and death, and not in the way one might think
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Jamaica: U-boats, Rum, and Refugees
Jamaica is best known for rum, reggae music, and its beach scene, but the […]