This was the last battle between Union general Sherman and confederate general Johnston.
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Book Review: How Hitler Was Made
Cory Taylor traces Adolf Hitler’s rise to prominence in prewar Germany through 1924
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The Stranger-Than-Fiction Career of the OSS’s Carl Eifler
The colonel headed a clandestine operations program that required brute force, innovation, and a strange-looking submarine.
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The Best WWII Air Epic: How Pilots From Both Sides Came Together to Make ‘Battle of Britain’
Fifty years ago, filming the classic Hollywood movie ‘Battle of Britain’ required former adversaries to relive the war and reopen old wounds.
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Daily Quiz for July 3, 2019
The first Wild West gunfight took place in this town in 1865.
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The War In Their Words: Memoirs of a Scout Who Spied for Sherman
Union Sgt. George W. Quimby donned a Confederate uniform to gather intelligence during the March to the Sea
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Engineer’s Solution to Disaster: Dam the Red River, Full Speed Ahead
Joseph Bailey built bulwarks to trap water, then let loose the rising flood and saved the Union fleet
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Hidden Gettysburg: Exploring the Battlefield’s Secret Stories
Get off the tourist path and appreciate hidden spots that illuminate America’s most significant battle.
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Gold Rush in the Frozen North Almost Sparks U.S.-Canada War
100,000 rushed to the Klondike, where border between Alaska and Yukon was mist on the tundra
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How The ‘Green Dragon’ Put the Scare in the Viet Cong
A new infantry transport changed the nature of firefights in Vietnam—and for generations to come