Working in this country during World War II, Irena Sendler provided 2,500 Jewish children with false identity papers, birth certificates, baptismal certificates, and family histories to go with their new homes.
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Daily Quiz for July 10, 2011
Before his long career on the faculty of Tuskegee Institute, George Washington Carver was an assistant botanist at this college.
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Daily Quiz for July 9, 2011
The Eastland Company was formed in Britain in 1579 to increase trade with this area.
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Book Review: Manstein, by Mungo Melvin
Though long overshadowed by Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein is widely considered Germany’s greatest operational commander and strategic planner.
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Book Review: Neptune’s Inferno, by James D. Hornfisher
Guadalcanal was the largest, most complex military operation of its time and spelled the beginning of the end of the Pacific War.
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Book Review: Wellington’s Two-Front War, by Joshua Moon
Sir Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington, battled British bureaucracy even as he faced off against Napoléon on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Book Review: The Moro War, by James R. Arnold
In Moro War, James Arnold delivers a lucid account of America’s largely successful campaign against a Filipino Muslim insurgency in the wake of the Philippine Insurrection.
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Game Review: History: Great Battles Medieval, by Matrix Games
Developed in conjunction with the History Channel, Great Battles Medieval covers the Hundred Years’ War from the English and French perspectives.
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Mark I Gun Carrier: British Artillery That Truly Made Tracks
The Mark I set the precedent for a range of self-propelled weaponry that would see widespread use in World War II and thereafter.
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Longbow: A Medieval Take on Long-Range Artillery
The English (or Welsh) longbow introduced long-range artillery to the battlefield, forever changing the nature of warfare.