Winchester, Virginia, saw more of the war than any other place North or South.
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Air War Over Iraq: 1941
In May 1941, British forces were fighting to keep Iraq in Allied hands—a struggle that belatedly involved German and Italian aircraft as well.
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Battle of Bougainville: 37th Infantry Division’s Battle for Hill 700
Losing Hill 700 to the Japanese meant defeat for the American forces on Bougainville. To the men of the 37th Infantry Division, that was unthinkable.
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The Alamo: 13 Days of Glory
Mysteries, myths and Texas-size legends surround the fortified Spanish mission that became a shrine after a few good men valiantly defended it to the death 160 years ago.
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Reno Gang’s Reign Of Terror
Long before the James brothers began robbing trains, the Reno brothers tried their hand at it in post–Civil War Indiana, but the outlaw Hoosiers’ reign didn’t last long.By William Bell
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Old Dominion Brigade in America’s Civil War
The Virginia regiments originally under the brigade command of William Mahone seemed to save their best for last. After two years of average service, they became Robert E. Lee’s go-to troops in the Wilderness and at Petersburg’s Crater.
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Battle of Port Royal
As Union warships steamed past the Confederate defenses near Port Royal, Flag Officer Samuel Du Pont proudly noted that army officers aboard his ship looked on ‘with wonder and admiration.’ A revolution in naval tactics had begun.
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Eyewitness to American Civil War: Iron Brigade Soldier’s Wartime Letters
Timothy Webster survived Fredericksburg and Gettysburg with the Iron Brigade, but not Petersburg.
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America’s Civil War: Desperate Ironclad Assault at Trent’s Reach
With Confederate forces strangled at Petersburg, the Southern Navy prepared to assault the enemy’s supply depot at City Point. But first, Rebel ships had to get past Trent’s Reach.
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WWII Raids on Rabaul, November 1943
After months of minor raiding, the U.S. Navy’s new aircraft carriers took on a major target when they attacked Japan’s key bastion in the Solomons in November 1943.