Accused of being “Hitler’s Pope” for his notable silence on the Holocaust and the […]
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For Your Civil War Buff’s Bucket List: Centralia, Mo.
When history travel becomes a reality, visit the small town where the border war got seriously ugly
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Online Exclusive: How Collectivism Nearly Sunk Early Colonies
Only when settlers instituted private property rights did the New World thrive
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U.S. Army Museum Delays Grand Opening
Silver lining? You can still take a virtual sneak peek inside.
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Daily Quiz for April 29, 2020
This comic strip character was the first to “enlist” for World War Two.
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How the B-25 Became the Ultimate Strafer of World War II
Armed to the teeth with machine guns and a 75mm cannon, B-25s played a key role in World War II as low-level bombers and strafers.
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Virginia Tech to Host Videocast on the History of the Spanish Flu
Scientists hadn’t seen anything like it. Horse-drawn carts made their way through the streets […]
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Explore Antietam: A Bucolic Setting for a Bloody Day
A few of our favorite locations on the war’s most gory single-day battlefield.
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How Civil War Weather Forecasting Changed Future Conflicts
Surgeons kept temperature, pressure, wind speed, and humidity records—but they didn’t know what to do with the data
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Thomas Norris: The Navy SEAL Who Led a Bold Rescue of Two Airmen
Norris led a team of five South Vietnamese navy commandos in a ground rescue.