Israel’s 1967 surprise attack obliterated the Arab forces arrayed against it, and set the stage for decades of conflict and insecurity.
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Test New Gallery
Captain Bathhurst, Grenadier Guards Major Percy Archer Butler, 28th Regiment Council of War, […]
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Oil War 1942
The Wehrmacht’s drive into the Caucasus in August 1942 seemed unstoppable, and taking the oil cities of Maikop, Grozny, and Baku would have solved one of Germany’s most serious strategic problems.
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Daily Quiz for August 16, 2009
On November 2, 1963, a violent coup toppled the government of this country.
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Daily Quiz for August 15, 2009
Support for the War of 1812 was weak in New England states because the residents feared this.
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Navy Aircraft at Pensacola on the Eve of World War 2 – Photo Essay
Photographs of Navy aircraft taken by Lt. John O. Rush Jr, a navy flying cadet at Pensacola, on the eve of World War II
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Daily Quiz for August 14, 2009
The largest naval fleet assembled by the American colonists in their war for independence from Britain met a humiliating defeat at this location.
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Fighting Words: The Wardrobes of Warriors
Military history has given us a number of terms related to clothing.
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Daily Quiz for August 13, 2009
Paul Revere was not the only man sent out to warn the people of Massachusetts that "the British are coming." These two men also spread the warning that night.
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Ken Burns: Communicating the Experience of War
Interviewed by Kim A. O’Connell Eighteen years after the premiere of his landmark documentary […]