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Topic Archives:Military History

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The Unexpected Alliance Between Germany and the Soviet Union Helped a Kriegsmarine Raider Wreak Havoc in the South Seas

by Stuart D. Goldman7/25/20237/28/2023

In 1955 an American TV Show Did the Unthinkable: It Ambushed A Hiroshima Survivor With An Enola Gay Pilot

by Claire Barrett7/21/20233/13/2026

This Marine Became the King of a Haitian Island For Three Years — All While on Active Duty

by Claire Barrett7/20/20237/20/2023

Famed Cafe Du Monde Still Serves Up This Civil War Brew

by Christopher Howland and Richard H. Holloway7/19/20237/19/2023
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The US Codebreakers on Corregidor Knew Too Much — So They Couldn’t Risk Falling Into Japanese Hands

by Joseph Connor7/18/20237/20/2023
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Was Shakespeare’s ‘Band of Brothers’ Really As Dramatic As Seen in Film?

by John A. Haymond7/17/20237/17/2023
Photo of West Berlin children perched on the fence of Tempelhof airport watch the fleets of U.S. airplanes bringing in supplies in 1948 to circumvent the Russian blockade of land and waterways. The airlift began June 25, 1948 and continued for 11 months.

Berlin Airlift at 75: The Most Remarkable Supply Operation in Human History

by Don Smith7/13/20237/13/2023
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An Inside Look at Medieval Horse Armor

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher7/12/20237/12/2023

Resting Place of Sunken World War II Carrier Identified 78 Years Later

by Claire Barrett and Jon Simkins7/11/20237/11/2023

Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Epic Looks Poised to Conquer

by Sarah Sicard7/11/20237/11/2023

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