
03/28/2023
When the British Needed to Gather Intelligence, They Used This Armored Car
The Humber Light Reconnaissance Car served until war's end.
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Operating as usual
The Humber Light Reconnaissance Car served until war's end.
The result was a successful Russian sub.
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An array of specialized U.S. Air Force units took on some of the Vietnam War’s most dangerous missions.
An array of specialized U.S. Air Force units took on some of the Vietnam War’s most dangerous missions
In late 1944, a now-forgotten battle led to some of the Pacific War's most doomed and wasteful clashes against the Japanese.
Spc. 4 James T. Davis lost his life tracking down an enemy signal in Vietnam.
Spc. 4 James T. Davis lost his life tracking down an enemy signal in Vietnam
A son of the South, Henry Woodson Strong wore many hats as a young adult in northeast Texas, where he raised hogs and later sheep and in between served as a civilian scout and guide for Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie.
Henry Woodson Strong scouted for famed Indian fighter Ranald S. Mackenzie.
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There are submarines, there are mini-submarines, and then there are human torpedoes.
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Until his death, Union General Robert H. Milroy never stopped trying to redeem his reputation, badly scarred in defeat at Second Wi******er.
Until his death, Union General Robert H. Milroy never stopped trying to redeem his reputation, badly scarred in defeat at Second Wi******er
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Captain William Strong made national news for his alleged exploits along the Potomac.
No detail was too small to bring these American prisoners home.
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The military history of the Northern Hemisphere is replete with spring offensives and there is a logical reason for it.
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Lincoln, Sherman hoped to leverage government unrest in Richmond and Georgia to secure an early peace deal after Atlanta fell.
Lincoln, Sherman hoped to leverage government unrest in Richmond and Georgia to secure an early peace deal after Atlanta fell
James Jones built his best-selling novel, From Here to Eternity, around his real-life experiences as a U.S. Army private in Hawaii before World War II.
in 1918: Imperial Germany launches the Spring Offensive, its last, desperate bid to win the Great War and the Allies’ greatest crisis since the Battle of the Marne in 1914. Before it was over, the Allied lines had been pushed back up to 40 miles, new tactics had revolutionized warfare, command structures had changed, and tens of thousands of men had been killed, wounded, or made prisoner.
Overshadowed by the tragedies at Verdun and the Somme, the Germans' 1918 Spring Offensive was nevertheless an apocalyptic storm that would herald Imperial Germany's darkest hour.
Dickey knew exactly what he was doing and what it would cost him when he unhesitatingly leapt on grenades, as Lang proves through eyewitness accounts.
Dickey knew exactly what he was doing and what it would cost him when he unhesitatingly leapt on grenades, as Lang proves through eyewitness accounts
The Humber Light Reconnaissance Car served until war's end.
American soldiers look at the looming wreck of a Messerschmitt 323 at Tunisia’s El Aouina airport circa June 1943.
The Germans hoped the six-engine transport plane, designed to carry 140 troops, could help reinforce their strength in North Africa, but Allied troops crushed the remnants of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s once-proud army.
The year 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of key final battles in World War II North Africa.
Amid the Thirty Years’ War Protestant commander Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden finally crossed swords with Catholic commander Johann Tserclaes in 1631 at Breitenfeld, Saxony.
Amid the Thirty Years’ War Protestant commander Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden finally crossed swords with Catholic commander Johann Tserclaes in 1631 at Breitenfeld, Saxony
Some human conflicts were settled without getting around to the violence part...
Some human conflicts were settled without getting around to the violence part.
This half-track served a variety of functions in a mechanized war.
Partisan Rangers, Cole’s Cavalry spent early 1864 in a bitter struggle for the upper hand in “Mosby’s Confederacy.”
Partisan Rangers, Cole’s Cavalry spent early 1864 in a bitter struggle for the upper hand in “Mosby’s Confederacy”
An array of specialized U.S. Air Force units took on some of the Vietnam War’s most dangerous missions.
An array of specialized U.S. Air Force units took on some of the Vietnam War’s most dangerous missions
In late 1944, a now-forgotten battle led to some of the Pacific War's most doomed and wasteful clashes against the Japanese.
Spc. 4 James T. Davis lost his life tracking down an enemy signal in Vietnam.
Spc. 4 James T. Davis lost his life tracking down an enemy signal in Vietnam
A son of the South, Henry Woodson Strong wore many hats as a young adult in northeast Texas, where he raised hogs and later sheep and in between served as a civilian scout and guide for Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie.
Henry Woodson Strong scouted for famed Indian fighter Ranald S. Mackenzie.
Few areas of the world have been as hotly contested as the India-Pakistan border.
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Seeking to escape ignoble lives in their homeland, Irishmen of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion risked the hangman’s rope to fight in the Mexican War.
In 1866, Fenian republican rebels invaded Canada—from the United States.
They were intended to take out U-boat pens, V-2 launch sites, dams and other tough targets.
They were intended to take out U-boat pens, V-2 launch sites, dams and other tough targets
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