Louis Davout expected to play a secondary role in the Jena campaign, but when […]
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Audacious Cruise of the Emden
A daring German cruiser captain wreaked havoc on Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean […]
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Fighting Words: Famous Phrases from Famous Mouths
Our lexicographer considers some phrases uttered by noteworthy military leaders. Generals and other military […]
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When a Plague Tormented America’s Horses
For a few months in 1872-73, a mysterious equine malady brought whoa to the U.S. economy.
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America’s ‘Last Battle’ of the Vietnam War was a Fiasco
The humiliating April 29, 1975, image of U.S. helicopters evacuating Americans and Vietnamese from Saigon rooftops as North Vietnamese troops overran South Vietnam to win the Vietnam War was a political-military disaster damaging America’s global prestige. Two weeks later, the U.S. endured another humiliation in Southeast Asia.
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Behind the Lines | Act of Faith
In 1943 some Italian prisoners of war on Scotland’s Orkney Islands decided to convert a pair of steel huts into their own place of worship.
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Union General Abner Doubleday Forever Seethed About ‘Unfair Treatment’ At Gettysburg
Years after the climactic Pennsylvania battle, Doubleday continued to defend his actions and denigrate his superiors
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How Rebel Colonel Bryan Grimes Saved The Day at The Mule Shoe
Quick-thinking North Carolinian took command at a crucial point at Spotsylvania Court House
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Daily Quiz for May 21, 2019
On 7 August 1941, this country launched its first bombing raid against Berlin.
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Precision Bass: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Instrumental Soul
Leo Fender’s rhythmic innovation powered the music of a generation