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D-Day: The Utah Beach Landings
by Giles Milton
Who was Leonard Schroeder? And how did he write himself into the history…
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D-Day and the Battle for Merville
by Giles Milton
Who was Terence Otway? And why was he chosen to capture one of…
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One of the Most Dangerous Missions of D-Day
by Giles Milton
Who was James Eads? And why did he find himself in such danger…
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The Mission You’ve Never Heard Of: The Hours Before D-Day
by Giles Milton
Who was Denis Edwards? And why was he dropped behind enemy lines some…
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Blood Money—A Short History of Mercenaries in Modern Warfare
by J. R. Olson
Mercenary. A noun with a lot of historical and literary baggage. Dictionary.com…
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D-Day: What Happened on the Eve of D-Day?
by Giles Milton
Who was Howard Vander Beek? And what happened to him on…
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D-Day: What Was Operation Tarbrush X?
by Giles Milton
General Eisenhower and the architects of D-Day knew that the Allied landings would…
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“A Declaration” that Changed the Course of History
by Rick Atkinson
The fateful news traveled swiftly on the post road from Philadelphia, covering more…
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The League of Wives: Women Who Fought to Bring Vietnam POWs Home
by Heath Hardage Lee
On February 12, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six…
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Baron von Steuben: An Unknown Revolutionary War Hero
by Tom Clavin
Aside from George Washington himself, perhaps the most remarkable character in the story of…
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Tracking Jedediah Smith
by Tom Clavin
“Over the course of twelve months Jedediah Smith had become the first European…
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End of an Era
by Alexander Larman
In the introduction to the third and final installment in my Windsors trilogy,…
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Throne of Grace
by Tom Clavin
Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, An Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest…
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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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