Bernado O’Higgins is remembered for his role in bringing independence to this nation.
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Interview: Antony Beevor / The Battle for Normandy
Antony Beevor taps battlefield voices to cast a fresh eye on D-Day in his new book, D-Day: The Battle for Normandy.
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Daily Quiz for September 5, 2009
The Industrial Revolution was made possible by this man’s invention.
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Daily Quiz for September 4, 2009
The USS Arizona, sunk at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, had enjoyed this honor at the end of World War I.
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Daily Quiz for September 3, 2009
This location was dubbed "Freedom’s Fortress" because of actions taken there by Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler.
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Olympian Fire: Dewey at Manila Bay
Rear Admiral George Dewey, aboard USS Olympia, presided over the blooding of the modern U.S. Navy at the May 1, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay.
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Daily Quiz for September 2, 2009
Felix Hoffman’s work in 1899 developed this medication.
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Letter from Military History – November 2009
Though the immediacy of historical battles may be lost, the battlefields themselves remain as sobering evidence of the conflicts that once raged across them. Staff rides present opportunities to learn the historical context while experiencing those places firsthand.
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WWII Dispatches, November 2009
News briefs from the November 2009 issue of World War II magazine.
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Gerhard Weinberg’s WWII Reading List
Author and scholar Gerhard Weinberg, who won the 2009 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement, shares his reading list with World War II magazine.