As a young soldier in the 2nd Panzer Division, Rolf Hertenstein was at the forefront of the armored offensives in Poland and France and a witness to the dawn of a new era in warfare
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Ordinary Marines: Guadalcanal’s Lonely Patrol During World War II
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift could finally start to breathe a bit easier. After […]
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America’s Civil War: Why the Irish Fought for the Union
The Irish experience in the Civil War has probably received more attention — and […]
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Letter From October 2006 Civil War Times
The Drive for War What is it that ultimately causes a person to willfully […]
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Letter from October 2006 Military History
Peripheral Paladins Some military heroes are not great captains — or even military personnel. […]
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Battle of Jena: Napoleon’s Double Knock-out Punch
Napoleon returned to his headquarters believing he had just crushed the main Prussian army at Jena. He was wrong. At Naumburg, 18 miles to the north, Marshal Louis Nicholas Davout was facing 2-to-1 odds against Duke Carl of Brunswick’s troops.
By James W. Shosenberg
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CORDS: Winning Hearts and Minds in Vietnam
At the heart of civil operations and revolutionary development support (CORDS), a unique hybrid civil-military structure, was the U.S. province senior adviser: an interview with Brigadier General Philip Bolté, U.S. Army (ret.)
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Singapore 1941: Fall of the Gibraltar of the East
Everyone from Churchill down to the lowest private expected Singapore to hold out for at least three months. By that time, they believed, enough reinforcements would reach the island to make Singapore too well defended even for Yamashita to overcome.
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Letter From October 2006 Vietnam Magazine
Tet in Bien Hoa and Long Binh Thank you for Lt. Col. John Gross’ […]
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Operation Babylift: Evacuating Children Orphaned by the Vietnam War
An American relief effort worked nonstop to evacuate abandoned Amerasian children from Vietnam before Saigon fell.