Johnnie Bruguier was both French Canadian and Sioux and learned to straddle both worlds.
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Cannon Fire and Cotton Candy: The 125th Anniversary Reenactment of Gettysburg
The inside story of the epic 1988 Gettysburg reenactment.
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Whether As a Kingdom or As a Socialist Republic, Yugoslavia Proved an Impossible Experiment. Here’s Why
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo,
Macedonia and Montenegro all sought independence with varying degrees of bloodshed and/or diplomacy.
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Disdained by Churchill, Respected by Marshall, This Brit Proved the Essential Liaison Between the Western Allies During WWII
Field Marshal Sir John Dill brokered the key Allied conferences, smoothing the way to D-Day.
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The 5 ‘Dumbest’ Moments in History—That Actually Changed History
These moments may have been coincidental, but boy did they change the world.
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You Can Thank the Swedes for Combined Arms Theory
Amid the Thirty Years’ War Protestant commander Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden finally crossed swords with Catholic commander Johann Tserclaes in 1631 at Breitenfeld, Saxony
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How a 17-Year-Old New Yorker Became the First Jewish Medal of Honor Recipient
A broken drum and an ailing comrade led Ben Levy to become the first Jewish American to receive the Medal of Honor.
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How a Boer Hunter Tracked an Elusive German Cruiser
At the outset of World War I Royal Navy ships off East Africa spent months tracking the German light cruiser, but it took a big-game hunter to finally bring down the elusive warship.
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Was ‘Bleeding Kansas’ Really That Violent?
This notorious pre-Civil War struggle was supposed to be “bloody.” But the casualty numbers suggest otherwise.
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How W.Britain Has Been Making Model Soldiers—For 130 Years
MHQ goes behind the scenes with W.Britain Model Figures to learn how they create collectible soldiers.