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August 1945:MacArthur, Occupation, Pending Official Surrender
By Callie Oettinger This collection of pictures features images from August 17–30, 1945. August 27, 1945,…
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August 1945: Liberation of POWs in Images
By Callie Oettinger Allied Prisoners of War Wave at U.S. Navy planes…
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The “Mogadishu Effect” and Risk Acceptance
By Benjamin Runkle On August 5, 2011, 22 members of SEAL Team Six were killed when…
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August 1944: Liberation of Paris in Images
By Callie Oettinger Mile of August 1944 witnessed an uprising in Paris. By the 25th, the…
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Ho Chi Minh and Thomas Jefferson
By Susan Dunn In September 1945, hundreds of thousands of people jammed the French-looking boulevards and…
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VJ Day in Pictures
By Callie Oettinger In the afternoon of August 14, 1945, in Japan—the evening of August 14…
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Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb
By Dr. Jürgen Neffe Albert Einstein, 1879-1955. Credit: Library of Congress. …
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Atomic Letters: Einstein, Roosevelt, Sachs
By Callie Oettinger Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 08/02/1939.Credit: National…
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Stalin’s Order No. 227: “Not a Step Back”
By Catherine Merridale Joseph Stalin. Credit: Library of Congress. Order no. 227…
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World War I and Vatican Espionage
By Eric Frattini The Vatican I, Rome, Italy, between ca. 1890 and…
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Military History
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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