Churchill’s speech after Dunkirk was a political and oratorical challenge — and it changed the tone of World War II forever.
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This Union General Had It All: Wealth. Women. One Arm. He Died at 47, Refusing to Surrender.
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Phil Kearny died with a single bullet to the spine.
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80 Years After El Alamein, German Soldiers’ Remains Discovered in Egypt
A local making a campfire stumbled across the bodies of Rommel’s Afrika Korps soldiers in the Egyptian desert.
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This WWII Battle Was a Footnote in American History — It Haunted This Marine for the Rest of His Life
Some veterans are haunted by ghosts that have never gone away. Some, though, have tried to exorcise the ghosts and put the past aside.
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Book Review: ‘Brothers in Arms’ by James Holland
The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry rose to the occasion in World War II, transforming from a group of ragtag civilians into a battle-tested unit.
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Book Review: Even History Editors Go to the Beach. These Are the Books They’re Reading There
In these dog days of summer, beat the heat with these beach reads, from a general’s memoir to the exploits of the SAS.
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Bullets Weren’t the Only Thing to Worry About at Gettysburg — The Heat Could Be Just as Dangerous
Gettysburg battlefield guide and author Jeffrey J. Harding teamed up with Pennsylvania State University meteorologist Jon M. Nese to pin down what soldiers likely experienced.
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The Battle of New Market and Its VMI Cadets: The Forgotten Ones
VMI cadets working cannons rose to the occasion, paving the way for a startling Confederate victory in May 1864.
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Distorted Truth: The Legacy of George Gordon Meade
Why is George Meade, the Army of the Potomac’s most accomplished commander, so often overlooked in histories of the war?
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Patriots Monument at Manassas
The battles of Bull Run left two notable monuments to the dead.