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Normandy Landings
D-Day: American Rangers Who Terrified the Germans
by Giles Milton
Who were William Petty’s Bastards? And why were the Germans so afraid of them? Well—with very…
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D-Day: Bagpipes and Snipers
by Giles Milton
Who was Shimi Lovat? And how did a flamboyant Scottish aristocrat come to…
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D-Day: The German Opposition
by Giles Milton
Who was Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski? And why was he so important to the…
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D-Day: When the Tides Turned On Omaha Beach
by Giles Milton
Who were Charles Canham and Norman Cota? And why were they sent to…
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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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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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Normandy Landings, June 6, 1944
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The initial British–Canadian–American Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, the…
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Normandy Landings
‘Gunplay’ in the Wild West
by Tom Clavin
This week sees the publication of my new book, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the…
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Schley: The Navy Man Who Saved Greely
by Buddy Levy
Commander Winfield Scott Schley (4th from left) and men who rescued Greely…
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The Pinkertons in Myth and History
by Tore C. Olsson
William A. Pinkerton with railroad special agents Pat Connell (left) and Sam…
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I Am a Respectable Person
by Jack Kelly
Elizabeth Jennings Graham. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. “We…
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President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat
Grounding the B-1 Bomber Exclusive picture of President…
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Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday
by Tom Clavin
Depiction of the fighting near Dunker Church by Thure…
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The Finest Rough-and-Tumble Fighter
by Jack Kelly
Florence Kelley’s father, William, taught his daughter to read in 1866 using books…
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A Place to Hide
by Ronald H. Balson
A Place to Hide is my ninth novel and the seventh set…
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