WITH ONLY 20,000 MEN HASTILY SCRAPED TOGETHER, JOSEPH JOHNSTON TACKLED TWO FEDERAL CORPS, AND LOST.
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Columbia: God’s Will Or Yankee Vengeance?
During the last weeks of the war, South Carolina’s capital paid a bitter price […]
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The Secret Art Bunker of Nuremberg
By the time war broke out in 1939, Nazi officials had already developed a detailed plan for a network of tunnels to smuggle and hide valuable artwork.
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KAL 902 is Down: When the Soviets Attacked an Airliner
In a controversial Cold War incident, a Korean Air Lines 707 was downed by a missile from a Soviet fighter, killing two passengers and touching off a diplomatic firestorm.
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Dying FDR’s Right-Hand Man Ran the War
Admiral William Leahy was the acting commander in chief as the president’s health failed
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Walt Whitman Celebrated Himself, and Made Sure the Public Knew It
In the 1800s, an obscure poet ginned up great reviews, posed for sexy photos, and used a private Emerson quote as a blurb.
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Daily Quiz for December 2, 2019
The radio show which “Tokyo Rose” hosted was officially called this.
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Daily Quiz for December 1, 2019
The first American patented fly-fishing reel was produced in this year.
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Daily Quiz for November 30, 2019
The term “Holocaust” for the World War 2 genocide of the Jews was first used in this year.
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Why Pilots Loved the F-105 ‘Thud’ Despite its Vulnerability
A fast mover designed to carry a nuclear weapon, the F-105 Thunderchief became the Vietnam War’s most important conventional fighter-bomber.