Two years before the invasion of Normandy, an outnumbered American naval force fought one of the most decisive battles in history.
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This Week in History: 1940 Italy Attacks France
In the aftermath of the Italian entry into the war, the British began operations against Italian forces in North Africa, and quickly began winning battles despite being outnumbered in that theater of operations.
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This Week in History – 1945 The Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces were victorious at Okinawa, forcing a Japanese surrender. But the United States would not carry out its planned invasion of the Japanese mainland.
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This Week in History – Germany Invades the Soviet Union 1941
On June 22, 1941, the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa – the invasion of the Soviet Union with over 3 million troops.
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This Week in History – Belleau Wood 1918
When ordered by the French to fall back at the battle of Belleau Wood, one Marine officer, Capt. Lloyd Williams, said, “Retreat? Hell, we just got here.”
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This Week in History – Waterloo 1815
Napoleon’s troops fought well, but the British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington held out until fresh Prussian and Dutch troops arrived.
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VIDEO: This Week In History – 1971 The Pentagon Papers
As the war in Vietnam raged on year after year, a very vocal anti-war […]
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Daily Quiz for June 27, 2019
The first peacetime African-American Army units were created after this war.
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Book Review: Persian Gulf Command
Ashley Jackson charts the course of World War II in Iran and Iraq, as well as present-day implications
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Andrew Roberts: Walking With Churchill
Roberts’ new book, Churchill: Walking With Destiny, may be the best one-volume biography yet written about the wartime British PM