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Catching Up Alfred Jacob Miller 1837 Fur Traders
Posted inStories

America’s Fur Empire: How John Jacob Astor Became the US’ First Millionaire

by James L. Stokesbury8/19/19974/6/2022

The man who made the American fur trade pre-eminent had a golden touch that […]

Posted inUncategorized

Eyewitness to Tragedy: Death of USS Princeton

by Harry Popham8/19/199710/24/2019

A tremendous explosion in Leyte Gulf on October 24, 1944, broke the American light […]

Posted inFeature

Joseph Avenol’s Betrayal of the League of Nations

by John W. Osborn Jr. 8/19/19974/30/2024

Joseph Avenol, secretary-general of the League of Nations, sold out the organization he had sworn to uphold.

Posted inStories

First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

by HistoryNet Staff8/19/19974/30/2024

The Five Sullivan Brothers Perished with the Cruiser USS Juneau.

Posted inFeature

The Slugfest at Ironbottom Sound: The First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

by David H. Lippman8/19/19978/7/2023

Like weary boxers, the opposing forces slugged it out with one another in Ironbottom Sound.

Posted inFeature

Undercover: Walter Schellenberg

by Wil Deac8/19/19975/5/2024

Germany’s Venlo sting completely compromised an already shaky British Intelligence network in Western Europe.

Posted inProfile

Personality: Henry Ford

by Richard Grudens8/19/19975/18/2024

Industrialist Henry Ford helped lead American war production with the gigantic facility at Willow Run.

Posted inUncategorized

The Luftwaffe’s Secret Squadrons

by By Andrew J. Swanger8/19/19973/3/2017

KG 200 took part in many covert missions against the Allies and became the […]

Posted inFeature

World War II: Capitulation of German Army Group South

by Major Dominic J. Oaraccilo8/19/19975/18/2024

A lone U.S. cavalry platoon secured the surrender of the largest organized German military force still in the field on May 7, 1945.

Posted inFeature

Death of a Double Dealer

by Kelly Bell8/19/19975/18/2024

Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, leader of the armed forces of Vichy France, was assassinated in Algiers in 1942.

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