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The Lewis Chessmen: Brexit and a New North Sea Style
by Nancy Marie Brown Look at a map and remember the key position this area enjoyed…
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The Higgins Boat: America’s First Amphibious Warfare Strategy
Michael E. Haskew From the inception of amphibious warfare strategy and tactics, the Marine Corps sought…
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The Battle of Cambrai–St Quentin, Sept 27 – Oct 9,1918
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The attack on the Cambrai–St Quentin sector was…
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The Incredible Case of Monsignor Scarano
by Gianluigi Nuzzi In March 2013, before the election of the new Pontiff, the prosecutors’ offices…
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Thomas Farriner: The Man Who Started Great Fire of London
by Rebecca Rideal As the sun set on another hot day, an easterly wind danced through…
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The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1863
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab On 30 June, Meade advised MGen John Reynolds…
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The Battle of Shiloh, 6–7 April 1862
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Just 2km south-west of Pittsburg Landing was Shiloh…
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Marine Fighting Squadron VMF 221: Defending Midway
Michael E. Haskew During the weeks that followed the outbreak of war, the garrison on Midway…
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The NY Giants Deals That Never Were: Trump, Taylor & Schnellenberger
by Jerry Barca In early December 1984, two days after the NY Giants lost their tenth…
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, 25–26 June 1876
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Little Bighorn, more than a third of Lt…
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Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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