Secretly recruited, a group of American pilots led by a former stunt pilot gained hero status in two nations during World War II and won a permanent place in the annals of aviation history.
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How England Abolished Slavery: Gradually, and Despite Years of Setbacks
It took many years, political persistence, and a changing world economic climate.
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Is Custer The Most Misunderstood Figure in American History?
A reevaluation of George Armstrong Custer suggests he was actually left in the lurch by his subordinates at the infamous Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Burning High Bridge: The South’s Last Hope
In the final week of the war in Virginia, small villages, crossroads and railroad […]
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Blowup in Beirut: U.S. Marines Peacekeeping Mission Turns Deadly
The BLT is gone!” The staff sergeant bellowed his message to the major as […]
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Mark Antony’s Persian Campaign
On June 9, 53 BC, hard-riding Parthian horse-archers from the Persian heartland lured a […]
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Battle of Marathon: Greeks Versus the Persians
Western democracy, culture and philosophy were on the line when the Greeks faced the Persians at Marathon.
By Jason K. Foster
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Begins at Fort Donelson
Grant was a master of the art of forcing surrender.
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Battle of Hürtgen Forest: The 9th Infantry Division Suffered in the Heavily Armed Woods
The bitter and bloody experience of the 9th Infantry Division in the Hürtgen Forest in autumn 1944 should have been enough to warn Allied leaders that the German army wasn’t finished just yet.
By Mark J. Reardon
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General Bragg’s Impossible Dream: Take Kentucky
The 1862 invasion of Kentucky had great promise, but disappointing results.
By Frank van der Linden