One of the principle figures of the French Revolution, this Jacobin dominated the Committee of Public Safety during the "Reign of Terror," but was overthrown and executed in 1794.
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Battle of Khe Sanh: Greatest U.S. Victory in Vietnam — or Worst Defeat?
U.S. Marines and their allies killed thousands of NVA, but to solve the riddle of Khe Sanh, you have to recount the numbers.
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Frederick The Great: The First Modern Military Celebrity
The monarch who initially sought a state and an army in which charismatic leadership was superfluous ultimately became the center of the first modern cult of personality. To a degree, Frederick the Great was the creation of his soldiers and subjects.
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George Bush: World War II Navy Pilot
Former president George H. W. Bush recounts his time in World War II as a naval aviator. He served aboard the Finback and San Jacinto and flew Avengers over Chichi Jima, Saipan, Rota, Marcus Island, Guam, Manila Bay and Wake Island.
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Kit Carson’s Rescue Ride
The Mexican War was over. The Santa Fe Trail, that 909-mile road of commerce […]
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Intelligence: The Secret War Within America’s Civil War
Spies, slaves, fake deserters, signal towers, and newspapers were all sources of intelligence Union and Confederate commanders used to peer into the enemy’s plans.
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Archie Donahue: WWII Ace Pilot
From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, Marine pilot Archie Donahue established his reputation as a combat ace.
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Weapons Manual
Through the use of illustrations, Max Gadney shows the evolution of aspects of military technology in World War II, as well as modern era. Some examples are the assault rifle, armor, flamethrowers, bazookas, radar, and the V3 rocket.
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Daily Quiz for June 26, 2007
This conflict has been commonly referred to as "a rehearsal for World War II."
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Daily Quiz for June 25, 2007
American civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was in Memphis, Tennessee, supporting this group when he was fatally shot on April 4, 1968: