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What Historians Get Wrong About Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher9/28/20239/28/2023

Many historians call him “unbearable.” But there is much more to Monty’s legacy than meets the eye.

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Helicopters During the Civil War? Almost 

by Dave Kindy9/28/20239/28/2023

In 1862, an Alabama architect conceived an aircraft with the potential to bomb Northern ships.

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Tickets Auctioned From the Night of Lincoln’s Murder at Ford’s Theatre

by Dana B. Shoaf9/26/20239/26/2023

These tickets originally sold for under a dollar. Today, they are worth over $260,000.

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Going beyond Dunkirk and D-Day.

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The National Museum of the United States Army shares details of how their exhibit is honoring the heroism of working dogs.

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You don’t think of Maine when you think of the Blue and Gray, but this “Down East” town has an interesting story to tell.

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In 1943 Britain and Germany Raced to Control Islands in the Southeastern Aegean. But Why?

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The campaign to seize the Dodecanese Islands mattered little in the long run.

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Facing Doom At the Battle of the Bulge, This Tank Commander Wouldn’t Back Down

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Learn how to defend against an overwhelming attack from a brilliant U.S. tank commander.

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Did the Medieval Flail Actually Exist?

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The flail as we know it would probably have knocked out any knight using it. Where did it come from?

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