The Trapp family patriarch made his name as the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s leading U-boat ace […]
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Kill-Cavalry’s Ride to the Sea
William T. Sherman considered Judson Kilpatrick ‘a hell of a damned fool’—just the man […]
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The Mechelen Affair
Sometimes small events have huge repercussions, as when a plane crash led Hitler to […]
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Slaughter on the Wabash
Although the 1791 disaster would be remembered as St. Clair’s Defeat, the officer behind it—described as ‘worse than a murderer’ by President Washington—was cleared by a congressional committee of all wrongdoing
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Big Ben’s Fight for Life
A Japanese bomber nearly sank USS Franklin in a March 1945 attack, but despite […]
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Churchill’s Counterfeit Nation
When the British prime minister ordered an invasion of Iraq in 1941, it was neither the first nor last time a Western power meddled in Mesopotamian affairs.
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Fighting Words: Cliché Expressions
Many military expressions that have entered everyday vocabulary have been used often enough that […]
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George Washington’s Tears
When General Washington wept while bidding his officers farewell, was it sadness at parting from old comrades or bitterness over having let his men down?
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Ask MHQ: What Caused Longstreet’s Delay?
Q: Did the “delayed start” of Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s attack at the Battle […]
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Audiobook Review: Smoketown / The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
“Smoketown” highlights milestones in black history and athletes and musicians in Pittsurburgh’s Hill District amidst a cultural renaissance in the 1930s