Apollo astronauts trained for the moon landings on a risky machine that nearly killed Neil Armstrong before he made his “one small step.”
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Parting Shot at Scapa Flow: Firing the Final Salvo of World War I
In June 1919, seven months after the signing of the armistice, a determined admiral of the Imperial German Navy fired the final salvo of World War I
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Daily Quiz for May 31, 2019
On 28 May 1948, this man was appointed modern Israel’s first general officer.
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Return to Arnhem
A British Airborne Corps intelligence officer raised serious questions about Operation Market-Garden, but was […]
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Testing The ‘Mystery Of The English’
During the mid-sixteenth-century siege of Boulogne, a French commander determined to disprove the long-held […]
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Any Measure Which May Best Subdue The Enemy
During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln assumed numerous presidential powers not specified in the […]
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Experience of War: ‘I Have Never Seen As Much Suffering’
The Duchy of Warsaw was overflowing with troops in June 1812. For more than […]
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How Mao Zedong Formed Communist China
Experience gained fighting the Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek helped a dynamic military leader take on the United States twice, to victory and a draw
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How MGM’s ‘Battleground’ Became an Unexpected Film Classic
In 1949, ‘Battleground’ was one of the first films that showed audiences what a combat soldier’s life was really like—and this, it turned out, was the basis for its success
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‘Post Scriptum’ Is One Serious World War II Simulation
Periscope Games, $30. World War II Rating: 4.5 Stars The Basics: Post Scriptum is […]