The thousands of young men who flew in the terror-filled skies over Nazi-occupied Europe laid the foundation for American air power well into the 21st century, all while confronting some of the most timeless questions in the history of human conflict.
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WWII Today: December 2006
Days Of Infamy Sixty-five years ago this month, Imperial Japanese Navy bombers and torpedo […]
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The Luftwaffe’s High-Flying Diesel-Powered Bomber
A Russian prince piloting a modified Spitfire for the RAF targeted a Junkers JU-86R during World War II’s highest aerial combat
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Testing The ‘Mystery Of The English’
During the mid-sixteenth-century siege of Boulogne, a French commander determined to disprove the long-held […]
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How Mao Zedong Formed Communist China
Experience gained fighting the Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek helped a dynamic military leader take on the United States twice, to victory and a draw
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DC Comics Author Pays Homage to His Uncle, a D-Day Hero
Bestselling author Robert Vinditti latest comic creation tells the story of American paratroopers badly misdropped on D-Day who fought in the June 10-12, 1944
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Brutal Beating Drove Confederate Gen. Thomas Benton Smith Mad
Union officer struck ‘Boy General’ in the head with a saber during Rebel surrender at Nashville
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The Youngest Marshal Saves the Day for Napoleon
Louis Davout expected to play a secondary role in the Jena campaign, but when […]
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Union General Abner Doubleday Forever Seethed About ‘Unfair Treatment’ At Gettysburg
Years after the climactic Pennsylvania battle, Doubleday continued to defend his actions and denigrate his superiors
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12 Forgotten Heroes of Gettysburg
For every Joshua Chamberlain, there was a soldier, blue or gray, whose bravery was overlooked