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Topic Archives:Military History

South Vietnamese citizens try to board a bus out of Saigon in the frenzied last days before the capital fell. A new book details the efforts of an American banker to help some of his Vietnamese colleagues escape. Book cover, Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old American Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians.

Book Review: Getting Out of Saigon / How a 27-Year-Old American Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians

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20th Maine charge down Little Round Top

The 20th Maine’s Little Round Top Hero Had a Hardscrabble Life

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A Requiem for Daniel Ellsberg

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Mending the McClellan Myth

by Christopher Howland6/26/20238/20/2023
Photo of American forces on Chu Lai beach searching for a defensive position shortly after descending from the landing crafts aboard the USS Thomaston. Vietnam, June 1965.

In the First Major Offensive of the Vietnam War, Both Sides Claimed Victory. Who Actually Won?

by John Walker6/26/20236/26/2023
Painting of Napoléon crossing the Alps on horse back.

Precision vs. Propaganda: Some Painters Meticulously Researched Their Masterworks—Others Not So Much

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Steamships on the Cumberland River

How a Steamboat Saved a Confederate Army

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This Fight Song Has Inspired People From the 18th Century Wales All the Way to 9/11

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/20/20236/22/2023
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How Hitler Encouraged His Troops to Commit War Crimes

by John A. Haymond6/20/20236/20/2023

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