The Viet Cong called American heavily armed “gun-trucks” this.
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Waking the Hermit
In 1871 the U.S. Navy and Marines mounted a punitive expedition against Korea, a kingdom that wanted nothing to do with the modern Western world
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Daily Quiz for April 26, 2019
The first United Nations peacekeeping mission was launched in this year.
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Daily Quiz for April 25, 2019
This unit composed of military personnel from the German Luftwaffe fought for Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.
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The Wages of War
In 1965 Rhodesia’s white-minority government went rogue, sparking a war whose reverberations have left a nation in anguish
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Daniel Guiet: A Father’s Secret War
Daniel Guiet relates the clandestine wartime service of his father, OSS and SOE operator Jean-Claude Guiet
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Horsa and Waco Gliders
Britain and the United States developed the Airspeed Horsa and Waco CG-4A gliders, respectively
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Book Review: Hermann Ehrhardt / The Man Hitler Wasn’t
John Koster profiles German monarchist Hermann Ehrhardt as a foil to disastrous Führer Adolf Hitler.
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Daily Quiz for April 24, 2019
On 13 April 1912, the British Ministry of Defense created this military flying service.
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Swindling Sociopath: Alexander “Sandy” Keith
Alexander Keith, The unofficial “Confederate consul” in Nova Scotia, was a mass-murdering crook.