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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How “Tunnel Rats” Fought the Viet Cong in Underground Tunnels in Vietnam
American and Australian “tunnel rats” were tasked with the gruesome mission of destroying the enemy underground.
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How Operation Homecoming Was Sprung into Action to Repatriate American POWs
No detail was too small to bring these American prisoners home.
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The Fight at Cedar Creek Was Over. So Why Couldn’t Union Troops Let Their Guard Down?
Despite the Union’s victory, Jubal Early still haunted the Shenandoah Valley.
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The American Civil War Through the Eyes of the French
The French newspaper Le Temps provided a fresh perspective of the American conflict.
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48 Hours That Changed the Course of B.B. King’s Life — And American Music
A moment changed a Mississippi-born musician’s life.
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How These World War II Admirals Died Battling At Sea
Even flag officer rank was no protection from the Grim Reaper in WWII Pacific combat.
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US Spy Satellites Took Pictures of the Soviets in the 1960s. How Did the Film Get Back to Earth?
The C-119 wasn’t glamorous, but it served on the frontlines of the spy war against the Soviet Union.
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This Journalist Risked His Life to Reveal the Horrors of Lynching in the South
Lynching investigator Walter White risked everything to tell Americans the truth.