military history

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/1/2019
  

  Michael Howard, Eminent British Military Historian, Dies at 97

  A decorated soldier in World War II, he helped reshape the study of war and was knighted in 1986 for his academic work.

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  12/2/2019
  

  Poland’s far-right leaders seek to criminalize World War II restitution

  Poland is the only major former Eastern Bloc country to do nothing to return private property confiscated by Nazis or nationalized by the communist government, according to the World Jewish Restitution Organization.

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• 11/26/19
  

  The History Behind the Rocket Used in the Latest Attack Against Israel

  by Gideon Remez

  Israel wielded a similar "mega-rocket" against Egypt 50 years ago. How Soviet advisers dealt with it.

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• 11/24/19
  

  “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war”

  by Ken Lawrence

  Did William Randolph Hearst actually send a 1897 telegram to Frederic Remington with this directive?

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• SOURCE: Literary Hub
  11/13/19
  

  On the Missing History at New York’s Warship Intrepid Museum

  by James Loewen

  James W. Loewen Wonders What Happened to Vietnam.

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• 11/17/19
  

  Robert E. Lee Wasn't a Hero, He Was a Traitor

  by Michael McLean

  Lee was no hero. He was neither noble nor wise. Lee was a traitor who killed United States soldiers, fought for human enslavement, vastly increased the bloodshed of the Civil War, and made embarrassing tactical mistakes. 

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• 11/17/19
  

  The Whistleblowers of the My Lai Massacre

  by Howard Jones

  Evidence—and history—ultimately showed that an Army cover-up took place after the massacre. We know about it because of a single whistleblower and his two crewmates.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/10/19
  

  Navy Submarine, Missing for 75 Years, Is Found Off Okinawa

  Private explorers found the U.S.S. Grayback beneath 1,400 feet of water after realizing that a mistranslated Japanese war record had pointed searchers in the wrong direction.    

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• SOURCE: Time
  November 10, 2019
  

  This Veterans Day, America's Military Families Have New Ways to Learn More About Their Ancestors' Service

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  New services are making it easier for families to learn about their ancestors’ military service.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/9/2019
  

  Documentary Filmmaker's New Film Probes History of Native Americans in the US Military

  "The Warrior Tradition," a new film set to air on PBS, examines the complex history of Native Americans in the U.S. military since World War I and how their service transformed the lives for Native Americans from various tribes.

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• 11/10/19
  

  The World War I Battle That Didn't End with Armistice Day: Hunger

  by William Lambers

  Even after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 ending World War One, American soldiers were carrying out heroic missions. Lieutenant Orville C. Bell and officers in the American Relief Administration saved civilians in Montenegro from starvation. 

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• 11/10/19
  

  The Boer War: The Opening Act in a Violent Century

  by David Carlin

  There is something darkly poetic in the timing of the Boer War. It offered a grim preview of warfare and the social conditions that would shake the world during the 20th century.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  11/6/19
  

  How Codebreakers Helped Secure U.S. Victory in the Battle of Midway

  Advance intelligence helped the Allies turn the tables on Japan in this crucial World War II naval battle.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  11/2/19
  

  New research sheds light on largest-ever Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard

  The impressive find is now thought to include artifacts captured from kingdoms in East Anglia and Northumbria -- something researchers say "offers vivid confirmation of the widespread and brutal events" between warring English kingdoms, which have been described in near-contemporary sources from the period.

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• 11/3/19
  

  The Age of the Commando: How a Group of WWII Heroes Rewrote the Rules of War

  by Saul David

  The history behind today's Special Operations Forces. 

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• 11/3/19
  

  Churchill and Stalin: Comrades-in-Arms during World War Two

  by Geoffrey Roberts

  Neither the formation of what Churchill later called the Grand Alliance nor its collapse was inevitable. The Grand Alliance was willed into existence by its leaders and then sustained through four years of total war. It was one the most successful alliances in history. 

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• 11/3/19
  

  The First World War through a camera lens: from the soldier’s snapshot to the memorial photograph

  by Caroline Scott

  While professional lenses had captured scenes from the Crimean and the American Civil War, this was the first time that large numbers of serving men took cameras into the frontlines and made a visual record of their own experiences. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/29/19
  

  A dog helped kill Baghdadi, joining a long history of canine war heroes

  On Sunday, another dog was added to the hall of canine heroes: A Belgian Malinois that tore after Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a darkened tunnel in Syria.

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• 10/27/19
  

  New Jim Mattis Memoir Avoids Criticizing Trump, Instead Lashes Bush, Obama, and Others

  by Jeffrey J. Matthews

  With consequential elections forthcoming now is the time for Mattis to tell voters the unvarnished truth about Donald Trump.     

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• 10/27/2019
  

  The Civil War's Unforgiving Final Year and How It Changed the War’s Legacy

  by S.C. Gwynne

  "What happened in the war’s final, brutal phase, is what I call the Lee Paradox."