Among U.S. Navy Admiral Bill “Bull” Halsey’s Third Fleet, two captains struggle to control their ships whilst in the eye of a whiplashing storm
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Book Review: Young Washington
There’s a side to George Washington few Americans know, and Peter Stark reveals it
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Daily Quiz for February 27, 2019
This was the first British bolt-action, magazine-fed military rifle.
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Interview: Amy Murrell Taylor / Embattled Freedom
For many former slaves, the battle for freedom did not end with Union victory in the Civil War.
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Patton’s Required Reading
In 1952 the widow of George S. Patton Jr. provided an intimate glimpse into […]
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Experience | Tanks for the Memories
In 1918 Captain George S. Patton Jr. sent his wife, Beatrice, a blow-by-blow account of his role in the Saint-Mihiel offensive
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The Revolt of the Montagnards
South Vietnam’s treatment of its largest minority after a 1964 uprising weakened an alliance crucial to defeating the communists
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Interview: Joan Cashin / The Struggle for Human and Environmental Resources in the American Civil War
War Stuff: The Struggle for Human and Environmental Resources in the American Civil War by Joan E. Cashin explores the conduct of both Union and Confederate armies and the impact on local civilians.
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Daily Quiz for February 26, 2019
This was the name of the line of Israeli defenses along the east bank of the Suez Canal.
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Book Review: More Deadly Than War
Kenneth C. Davis traces the course of the Spanish flu pandemic—one of the deadliest plagues in history amid one of the deadliest wars in history