The crew of the B-24 bomber Belle Starr found themselves in the thick of aerial combat over the strongly defended city of Hankow in Japanese-occupied China, without the training in local tactics they’d expected.
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The Day of Doom: The Battle of Gravelotte/Saint-Privat
On a single day of the Franco-Prussian War, the armies of Helmuth von Moltke and François Achille Bazaine nearly annihilated each other in an epic slaughter at Gravelotte/Saint-Privat that would not be matched until World War I.
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Hell on Rails: Oklahoma Towns at War with the Rock Island Railroad
The prosperity of most 19th-century Western towns greatly depended on rail service, and no […]
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‘The Most Brilliant Commander’: Ngo Quang Truong
South Vietnamese general Ngo Quang Truong has been described as a “tough, seasoned, fighting leader” and “probably the best field commander in South Vietnam.”
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Singer’s Secret Service Corps: Causing Chaos During the Civil War
Edgar C. Singer and his Secret Service Corps pioneered underwater mine and submarine research for the Confederacy from tiny La Vaca, Texas.
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Sculpting a Scapegoat: Ambrose Burnside at Antietam
A fresh examination of Major General Ambrose Burnside’s actions at the Battle of Antietam suggests he was made into a scapegoat for others’ failings.
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Wild West: The Legacy of Mountain Meadows
At dawn on Monday, September 7, 1857, Major John D. Lee of the Nauvoo […]
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Hessians: The Best Armies Money Could Buy
No account of the American Revolution is complete without reference to the Hessians, but soldiers of the German mercenary state Hesse fought many wars under many flags.
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Triumphant Failure At Sangatte: Challenging the English Channel in a Monoplane
Hubert Latham’s attempt to become the first to cross the English Channel in an airplane ended in failure but made the pilot into an international star of aviation.
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Operation Market Garden Reconsidered
A look back at Operation Market Garden near the end of World War II. Was the plan doomed from the start, or could airborne and ground units have taken Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven from the Germans?