To no appreciable gain, the North Vietnamese Army’s 1972 Eastertide Offensive cost them more than 100,000 casualties and most of their tanks and heavy artillery.
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Allied Aerial Destruction of Hamburg During World War II
Allied bombers ravaged Germany’s second city in the summer of 1943.
By David H. Lippman
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Lost Prison Interview With Hermann Goering: The Nazi Reichsmarschall’s Revelations
A long-overlooked interview with imprisoned Nazi Hermann Goering explains why Germany’s blueprint for victory depended on keeping America out of the war.
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Interview: Robert S. Johnson / World War II Ace
Flying the big Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Bob Johnson survived a lot of punishment at the hands of the Luftwaffe. He inflicted even more.
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Launch the Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron in the Vietnam War, 1972 (Book Review)
Reviewed by Lt. Col. James H. Willbanks, U.S. Army (ret.) By Carol Reardon University […]
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Jimmy Doolittle Reminiscences About World War II
Thirteen years before his 1993 death at the age of 97, the famed aviator who led the retaliatory American raid on Tokyo in 1942 spoke about his experiences and the people he served with during World War II.
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Suez Crisis: Operation Musketeer
When Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, Britain, France and Israel conspired to seize it by force. The result was a fleeting military victory–and a lasting political disaster.
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Air Force Colonel Jacksel ‘Jack’ Broughton & Air Force General John D. ‘Jack’ Lavelle: Testing the Rules of Engagement During the Vietnam War
Everyone in Vietnam knew that the restrictions imposed by the rules of engagement were insane, but only two Air Force officers fell on their swords in protest.
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Interview: Lester Leggett / the Mission to Capture Hermann Göring
In the first days of peace, a veteran GI was part of a bizarre episode that saw him standing guard duty with his former foes.
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William ‘Billy’ Mitchell: Air Power Visionary
As Brig. Gen. William Mitchell faced court-martial charges in 1925, the Kansas City Star described him as ‘a zealot, a fanatic, a one-idea man…’ but added that someday his dream might come true.