The Russian IS-2 proved superior to the German Panther medium tank and able to hold its own against the Tiger I and II heavies
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Alex Kershaw: The First Wave on D-Day
The author’s latest book centers on the Allied soldiers who first engaged the enemy at Normandy
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Book Review: Patton’s Last Gamble
Duane Shultz relates how in the closing weeks of World War II General George Patton ordered a rescue mission with dubious goals and disastrous results
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Book Review: The Inner Life of the Southern Soldier
How Confederate veterans dealt with the trauma of defeat and demobilization.
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Daily Quiz for August 26, 2019
The so-called “July Plot” to kill Hitler is often referred to by this code name.
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Daily Quiz for August 25, 2019
Francis Lieber, who wrote the first set of US military regulations to comprehensively regulate the conduct of war, fought at this battle.
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Daily Quiz for August 24, 2019
This Union general wrote the novel Ben Hur after the Civil War.
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How “Hundred Takes Hughes” Got His Nickname
Millionaire movie mogul Howard Hughes overcame daunting production problems to shoot some of the most memorable air combat sequences ever captured on film.
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“Fire it!” He called in fire on his own position. He gave his life to save others on Christmas Day.
On Christmas Day 1944 the U.S. Army’s segregated 92nd Infantry Division—the celebrated “Buffalo Soldiers”—held […]
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Daily Quiz for August 23, 2019
This was the most widely produced German tank (Panzerkampfwagen) of World War Two.