Curtis LeMay’s new and devastating bombing tactics laid waste to Tokyo and killed tens of thousands of civilians—and that was just the start.
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O, Tannenbaum
Soldiers attempt to create some holiday spirit by decorating a tree in the town of Ederen, Germany.
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The Little Sub That Couldn’t: How One Japanese Vessel Spectacularly Failed at Pearl Harbor
Even before the first Japanese bomb fell on Pearl Harbor, the HA-19 and four other Type A midget submarines were meant to deal the first blow to the “sleeping giant” in the harbor.
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Could the Bermuda Hundred Campaign Have Ended the Civil War Earlier?
Where did Butler and Beauregard go wrong?
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Was Patton Murdered?
What is the truth behind the death of America’s greatest World War II battlefield commander?
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The Civil War’s Most Interesting General
He was Lincoln, Grant and Sherman’s go-to man — but you’ve probably never heard of him.
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He Was the First to Fly Across America. But Crashed 8 Times Along the Way.
Was Cal Rodgers the unluckiest record-breaking pilot?
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This Confederate Officer Couldn’t Go To War Without His One-Gallon Whiskey Jug
Shanks Evans was a rip-roaring, knock-kneed fighter—and his fondness for alcohol made him his own worst enemy.
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Before CGI, These Maps Made Gettysburg Come Alive
Two unique maps inspired generations of visitors
to America’s most famous battlefield.
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‘A thousand mighty thunders’
These letters are some of thousands of letters transcribed by William Griffing as part of his online repository of Civil War letters, Shared & Spared.