Grant adopted an ambitious plan to reduce by half the 60 miles of treacherous, rain-gutted roads from the Union supply center at Bridgeport, Ala., to Chattanooga by establishing a new route
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American Subs Were a Far More Lethal Force in the Pacific War Than Previously Known
New research shows that U.S. Navy submarines claimed a huge number of Japanese lives, along with Allied POWs and slave laborers transported by the Japanese.
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‘The Savagery of Guerrilla Warfare’—Readers’ Letters Weigh in on Crazy Military Battle
Readers sound off about the Lee-Enfield rifle, Robert Rogers’ Rangers, the Battles of Cedar Creek and Schmidt, U-853, Charles ‘The Hammer’ Martel and Curtis LeMay in our November ’21 issue
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Life and Limb: The Medical Revolution During the Civil War
Frederick, Md., became the scene of epic changes in military medicine during the Civil War.
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Vietnam: A History of America’s Controversial War
The Vietnam War is the commonly used name for the Second Indochina War, 1954–1975. […]
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Ken Burns’s ‘Civil War’ PBS Series Is 30 — Does It Still Measure Up?
How does the iconic PBS series measure up three decades on?
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A Confederate Wife Kept a Meticulous Diary. It’s a Vivid Look at Life in a Civil War Border Town.
Before the war, Cornelia Peake McDonald had given no thought to keeping a journal. When she took on the task, however, she did so with a vengeance.
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Last Air Battles of World War II
Confusion reigned 75 years ago when Japan announced its surrender but pilots on both sides kept fighting.
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How Marvel Comics in the 1980s Refought the Vietnam War
Marvel’s The ’Nam was a highly realistic war comic written from the perspective of the average infantryman.
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Book Review: John Finerty Reports the Sioux War
Paul Hedren relates the war reportage of frontier gonzo journalist John Finerty.