In 1965 Rhodesia’s white-minority government went rogue, sparking a war whose reverberations have left a nation in anguish
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Alex Vraciu: The Indestructible WWII Ace
He shot down 19 Japanese planes. But he lost three Hellcats – they called him ‘Grumman’s best customer’
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How Great Britain’s Secret Disinformation Campaign Paid Off In World War I
In 1914, days after it declared war on Germany, Great Britain set up a secret propaganda bureau to help defeat the enemy
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How Abraham Lincoln’s Magician Became a Civil War Spy
In 1864 Harry Cooke performed tricks for the president. Soon he was spying for the Union army
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Worthy Successor
Southerners were sure J.E.B. Stuart’s death was catastrophic. At Haw’s Shop, Wade Hampton rekindled their optimism.
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War Stories | Bourbon Man at Breakneck Ridge
In 1944 a 30-year-old tank commander from a well-known Kentucky whiskey family made a name for himself at the Battle of Leyte
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The War In Their Words: I Am The Colonel’s Orderly
A soldier’s diary preserves the only known text of an Emory Upton speech
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In the P-51 Mustang’s Wake
The interesting question today is not whether the Mustang was fast, but why
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Mrs. Benedict Arnold
Since the earliest days of the Republic, Benedict Arnold has been the American phrase for […]
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Braddock’s Defeat
Almost since the day the French and their Indian allies destroyed the army of […]