Air Marshal Ivan Kozhedub was the highest-scoring fighter pilot flying against the Germans during the early 1940s. He tells what it was like to succeed in a learn-as-you-fight conflict.
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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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U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force in World War II
Called thugs, cutthroats, ‘Braves,’ the ‘Black Devils’ and the ‘Devil’s Brigade,’ the soldiers of the U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force may also have been some of the finest fighting men of all time.
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Kearny’s Own: The History of the First New Jersey Brigade in the Civil War (Book Review)
Reviewed by Jay Jorgensen By Bradley M. Gottfried Rutgers University Press Bradley Gottfried has […]
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Yom Kippur War: Sacrificial Stand in the Golan Heights
With Syrian tanks overrunning the Golan Heights’ southern sector, only selfless acts of bravery by the 188th Barak Brigade prevented the Syrians from capturing the heights and threatening the entire north of Israel.
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Second Boer War
Although not regular soldiers, Australian Lancers, Mounted Rifles, Bushmen and other colonials from Down Under gave the Boers reason to worry.
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The 7th U.S. Infantry Service in the American Civil War
The 7th U.S. Infantry’s most powerful foe was John Barleycorn.
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American Civil War: The 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The Twenty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment included two future presidents and an Army Commander.
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America’s Civil War: Loudoun Rangers
The Quaker-dominated Loudoun Rangers openly defied Virginia tradition to serve the Union.
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Sir Percy Wyndham: American Civil War Union Army’s Flamboyant English Cavalry Commander
Colorful and charismatic, Sir Percy Wyndham served the Union Army as a cavalry commander.