Early on a Friday evening in Nashville, I stand in the bullseye of history […]
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The Allies’ Billion-dollar Secret: The Proximity Fuze of World War II
An engineering triumph developed under strict wartime secrecy, the proximity fuze vastly increased the lethality
of anti-aircraft guns and field artillery.
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Book Review: Eight Days at Yalta / How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World
Historian Preston argues that Stalin did not actually make patsies of Roosevelt and Churchill.
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Watch the Teaser Trailer to Netflix’s Upcoming Animated WWII Series ‘The Liberator’
Netflix dropped a teaser trailer last week to its upcoming animated World War II […]
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the New Army and Navy National Museums
You can always count on a healthy rivalry between the Army and the Navy […]
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Newest Navy Sub to be Named After WWII Legend
Once again the USS Barb will be patrolling the seas.
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Another Italian Misadventure in the Battle of Britain
When the Italian air force pitted biplanes against Hurricanes and Spitfires in the Battle of Britain, the outcome wasn’t pretty.
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Book Review: Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway
Louis Kraft takes another look at the 1864 Sand Creek massacre, the beginning of the end for the Cherokee and Arapaho way of life
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Finding Valor and Meaning on North Africa’s Battlefields
A band of well-heeled altruists described as “Harvard grads, glamour boys & career men” left behind charmed lives to man ambulances for the Armed Field Service.
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Book Review: Double Crossed
Matthew Sutton follows four U.S. missionaries and religious leaders tapped by the Office of Strategic Services during World War II