Sources old and new tell a fresh story of Antietam and men who died there
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Whittier, Alaska: A Tiny City Born of War
Situated on Prince William Sound’s scenic Passage Canal, Whittier was designed and built as a U.S. Army base during World War II.
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A Famous Dog of the Civil War: The Very Good Boy Who Fought (and Fetched) Alongside Soldiers
Maine soldiers’ beloved canine companion Major joined them in many a battle.
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How ‘the Maternity Act’ Gave Lawmakers Significant Protection From Constitutional Scrutiny
In 1923, the U.S. Supreme Court took a big step, narrowing the range of individuals who can file suit in federal court to challenge actions by Congress
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Book Review: Robert E. Lee / A Biography
Allen Guelzo provides an updated biography of the heralded if controversial Confederate commander of the American Civil War
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The V-1 Flying Bomb Was the First of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Retaliatory Weapons’
In 1942, the Luftwaffe began work on the first of Adolf Hitler’s proposed Vergeltungswaffen, or ‘retaliatory weapons’
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Operation Sitting Duck? Obsolete British Biplanes Mounted History’s First All-Aerial Ship-to-Ship Naval Attack
In mid-November 1940 two waves of obsolete British biplanes mounted history’s first all-aerial ship-to-ship naval attack—with surprising results
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“Any Kind Of Writing Is Cathartic”: Why Former Naval Aviator Don Purdy Uses Poetry to Describe His War in Vietnam
Purdy spoke with Vietnam magazine about his writing and artwork and how they give form to the echoes of warfare that might seem impossible to express
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Sid Cotton’s Air Force was an early ‘eye in the sky’ for Britain’s Intelligence Service
Using high-flying Spitfires and a Lockheed Electra, an outspoken Australian helped develop photoreconnaissance techniques early in World War II.
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‘Don’t Assume’: What We Learned From The Fall of Singapore in 1942
Instead of launching a counterattack, Percival surrendered Singapore in what Winston Churchill described as the worst disaster in British military history