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Blasted into the Shadows: Conversation with Gene Eric Salecker
Pearl Harbor, mid-May 1944: American forces are preparing to invade Saipan, an assault scheduled […]
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V-E Day Wasn’t the End—It Was Just the Beginning
Europe’s reconstruction was the true victory of World War II, according to The National WWII Museum’s Robert Citino.
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Reading List: Stephen G. Fritz
Neglected for years by Americans in favor of Normandy, the bulge, and the victorious […]
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Ukrainian’s Fight for France
Rather than serve as instruments of the Waffen–SS’ s brutal partisan war in eastern […]
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Book Review: Flyboys- A True Story of Courage
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley Little, Brown and Company, Boston, […]
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Book Review: Tank Driver & Tank Rider
Tank Driver: With the 11th Armored From the Battle of the Bulge to VE […]
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Author-Historian T.J. Stiles
The Minnesotan’s latest book has garnered impressive accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for history—the author’s second Pulitzer
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The Legend of Richard Garnett
Many people who are familiar with the movie Gettysburg will probably recognize the name […]
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The Spectacular Combat Career of America’s Ace of Aces: Richard Ira Bong
Richard Ira Bong shot down 40 Japanese aircraft and “ruled the air from New Guinea to the Philippines” on his way to becoming America’s Ace of Aces.