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Why Was Hermann Göring’s Nephew Piloting an American Heavy Bomber Over Germany?
By Stephen Frater “What the hell was Hermann Göring’s nephew doing piloting an American heavy bomber…
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Kurt Vonnegut and the Dresden Bombings
By Charles J. Shields The winter weather in Dresden lifted abruptly on Shrove Tuesday, February 13,…
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A Brief History of the Real Red Tails
By Clint Van Winkle In an era when African-Americans were treated like sub-humans, a group of…
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Manstein and Sichelschnitt
By Major Mungo Melvin The man is not to my liking, but he knows something about…
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December 11,1941: Hitler and Arguably the Most Insane and Pivotal Decision in History
By Stephen Frater Four days after Pearl Harbor, in arguably the most insane and pivotal decision…
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December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor Attack in Images
By Callie Oettinger Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an…
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October 24, 1994: David McCambell Downed More Enemy Aircrafts Than Any Other Naval Aviator—Ever
By Alvin Townley In a dogfight, expect anything. All bets are off. Nobody drove that lesson…
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Siege of Leningrad: Deadliest City Blockade in Human History
By Anna Reid This is the story of the siege of Leningrad, the deadliest blockade of…
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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 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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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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