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The Last Stand of the Stonewall Brigade: The Bloody Angle Battle that Shocked Grizzled Veterans of Both Sides

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By: Feature Writer David R. Wetzel

Tomb Guard Sentinals at Tomb of the Unknowns: Basic Facts About Who Guards Arlington's Tomb of Unknown Soldier

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By: Feature Writer Katrena Wells

Tomb of the Unknowns—Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Basic Facts Arlington National Cemetery’s Famed Final Resting Place

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By: Feature Writer Katrena Wells

How to Throw Away a Civil War Battle: When Americans Pay in Blood for the Mistakes of its Leaders

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By: David Musser

Claudia Kennedy U.S. Army General: A Retired Officer and Pathfinder

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By: Bryan Jackson

Persian Gulf War Over Plan? When a Battle Plan Has Been too Carefully Planned

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By: David Musser

Request to Replace Missing Military Medals: Replacing Missing Medals and Ribbons from Military Service

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By: Joe Nowak

Military Revolutions and Battlefield Innovations: Western Conflicts that Produced New Weapons and Battle Tactics

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By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Palmetto Ranch – May, 1865: The Last Battle and Last Casualty of the Civil War

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By: Ryan Van Fleet

The Battle of Puebla: Mexico's Amazing Victory Over France

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By: Jon Matsune

Glorieta Pass – New Mexico, March, 1862: The Gettysburg of the West

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By: Ryan Van Fleet

Military Occupations that Worked and Failed: Dealing with Defeated Nations is as Important as Winning the War

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By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

St. Clair's Defeat: 1791 Battle Was USA's Worst Setback in Warfare vs Native Americans

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By: Jon Matsune

Ninja: Japan's Legendary Assassins.

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Sohei: The Warrior Monks of Medieval Japan: The Weapons and Equipment of Feudal Japanese Sohei.

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Ambush at Oriskany, 1777: Neighbor Fought Neighbor in Bloody US Revolutionary War Battle

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By: Jon Matsune

Canadian Forces Bases Pine Tree Line: Early Canadian Military Bases Were Home to Many

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By: Karrie Emms

The Battleships of Chile: Chilean Dreadnoughts

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Battleships of Brazil: Brazilian Dreadnoughts

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Overview of South American Battleships: Battlewagons of Argentina Brazil and Chile 1906 1959

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

POWs in the American Revolution: Starvation & Neglect as Official Policy in Prisoner of War Camps

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By: william oneill

The Military Revolution: The Evolution of the Concept

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By: Robert Marcell

Jack Hinson's One Man War: A Civil War Sniper: Little Known Confederate Sniper and Scout for Nathan Bedford Forrest

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Battle of San Jacinto: Texas War for Independence

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By: Matthew Pizzolato

Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat: Greatest Fighter Jet in History

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By: Matthew Pizzolato

U.S. Army Special Forces Qualification Course: Candidates Must Now Prove they are Worthy of the Green Beret

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By: Shri Desai

U.S. Army Special Forces Selection and Training: What Does it Take to Become a Green Beret?

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By: Shri Desai

Balloons in Early Warfare: A Brief History of Wartime Use of Balloons Before WWII

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By: Jacqueline Ching

Fourth Marines: Leathernecks Served in China and the Philippines

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By: Eric Niderost

Adolph Hofrichter Officer Murderer: The Deadly Druggist Lieutenant of the Austrian Army

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The HMS Warrior 1860: World's First Iron-Hulled Armoured Warship

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By: Cheney Anne Markun

On the Advent of Firearms: The Development and Perfection of Gunpowder Weapons

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By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Use of the SKS Today: Still In Active Service

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Military History of the SKS: Cold War Widow Maker

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

SKS Assault Rifle Variants: Russian Yugo Chinese Albanian and East German Designs

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Origin and Design of the SKS: Soviet Battle Rifle of the Cold War

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Retreat from Kabul: A Bloodbath of the First Anglo-Afghan War

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

The Disaster at Maiwand: A Battle of the Second Afghan War

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

The Siege of Sherpur: The Assault on Sherpur Cantonment

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

HMAS Sydney: The History of an Australian Aircraft Carrier

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By: Patrick Boniface

The Cuban Navy: A Russian Pawn in the Caribbean

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By: Patrick Boniface

Union Submarines of the Civil War: From the Alligator to the Intelligent Whale

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Confederate Submarines of the Civil War: From The CSS Hunley to the CSS David

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Submarines of the US Civil War: Union and Confederate Submersibles 1861-1865

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Albert Pierce and the Battle of Mobile Bay: Did a Mystery Submarine Sink the USS Tecumseh

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Democracy and Peace: Are Liberal Democracies Always Peaceful?

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By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

History of the Memorial Day Poppy: Poppy Day is a Time to Honor Those Fallen in Service to Their Nation

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By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

Rocketry in the 19th Century: Early Rockets Used as Light Artillery.

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By: Terry Long

Canadians in the U.S. Civil War: The Story of the Men and Women who fought South of the Border

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By: Jason Gray

Wagons in Warfare: The Military Use of Wagons by the Hussites and Voortrekkers

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Concentration Camps in Modern History: Internments From the Spanish War to the Japanese-Americans

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By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Royal Logistics Corps Museum Surrey: The Story of Army Transport from Cromwell to Afghanistan

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By: Roy Larkin

The Georgian Pikes of the Civil War: Joe Browns Toothpicks Tried to Stop Sherman’s 1864 March

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Spanish-American Military Conflict: A Pictural Discription of the Splendid Little War

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By: Christine Musser

The Dutch Revolt's Success: Holland's Victory Over Spain in the Sixteenth Century

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By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Origins of the American Perception of War: The Evolution of Armed Conflicts and the Notion of Total Victory

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By: Jeanie Turner

The Special Forces: A Guide to the Most Highly Trained Soldiers in the World

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By: Feature Writer Patrick Hinton

Robert Fulton's Exotic Weapon Experiments Tests: With Submarines, Torpedoes, Firing Cannon Underwater, and Steamships

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By: Mark George

Animals of War: Lesser-Known Animals Brought into Battle

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By: Justin Schamotta

Pirate Weapons: What Weapons Did Pirates Use?

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By: Robert Marcell

What is a Holocaust and When Did They Occur? The Genocides of History that Have Been Forgotten

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By: Lisa Cucciniello

A Day at the Chosin Reservoir 1950: Marines fight epic battle in North Korea

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By: Lee Bergee

Ships of the Royal Navy in 1805: Ship types at the time of Trafalgar

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Elephants in Warfare: The use of War Elephants on Ancient Battlefields.

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Naval Gunnery in Nelson's Navy: Cannons and Gunnery during the Age of Fighting Sail

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Warships in the Tudor Navy: Warships and Warfare in Tudor England

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

The Savaran: The Original Knights: The Heavy Cavalry of the Sassanians.

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

The Battle of Carrhae: The Disastrous Defeat of the Army of Crassus at Carrhae.

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Kawanakajima: Five Battles in 11 Years: The stalemate between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Richard Sorge and Espionage in Japan: A Soviet Spy Network Infiltrates the Japanese Government

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By: Cleve Gray

Japanese Intelligence in Manchuria: and the Emergence of the Kempei Tai and Thought Police

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By: Cleve Gray

AP Hill's First Confederate Army Command: 13th Virginia Infantry’s Beginning Organization and First Action

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By: Feature Writer David R. Wetzel

Japanese Intelligence in the Early 20th Century: The Black Dragon Society

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By: Cleve Gray

Japanese Intelligence: Origins of Japan's Espionage Activities

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By: Cleve Gray

US Victory in the Mexican-American War: Manifest Destiny and America’s Military Success, 1846-1848

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By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Robert E. Lee's Strategy, 1861-1862: The Confederacy’s Defense through Offense under General Lee

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By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Garth Ennis and Military History: A Writer’s use of War in Comic Books

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By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The Savants of Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition: Napoleon's Intellectuals and the Institute of Egypt

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

The Mongol War Machine: Mongol Army at the time of Genghis Khan

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

The Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam Conferences: WWII Conferences That Led to the Cold War

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By: Rebecca Byrnes

Cold War Origins: Impact of WWII: An Analysis of WWII Events that Led to 50 Years of US-Soviet Tension

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By: Rebecca Byrnes

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu: The Final Stage of Guerrilla Warfare Doctrine

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By: Rupert Sutton

Review of Robert Citino's The German Way of War: Prussian Mobile Warfare and the True Origin of Blitzkrieg

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By: Yuen Kit Mun

The History of Child Soldiers: When Kids Were Used as Warriors

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By: Victor Mobley

Michael Corcoran's 69th U.S. Infantry Regiment: The Irish of the "Fighting 69th" made their mark at First Bull Run.

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By: Harlan Whatley

The Berlin Blockade: The First Major Battle of the Cold War

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By: Rebecca Byrnes

Little-known Battle Part of Florida's History: Olustte Battle Lasted Four Hours, Became Big Win for South

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By: Joe Harless

Serial Killer Who Escaped in War: Bela Kiss Hungarian Bluebeard who disappeared in WWI

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Lothar von Arnauld Ace of U-Boats: WWI Submarine Captain Sank More Ships than any man in History

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere: The War of 1812 Naval Duel that Forged the Legend of Old Ironsides

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By: Andrew C. Rappold

Viking Warfare: Weapons and War in the Viking Age

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

The Winter Siege of Ulsan: Ulsan Wajo: The Defence and Relief

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Samurai Weaponry: The Basic Weapons of the Samurai Warrior

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Japanese Castles: Japanese Fortifications in the Age of the Country at War

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Nazi SS Archeologist: Otto Rahn Inspiration for Indiana Jones

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By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Lt. Col. Asa Bird Gardiner: Medal of Honor Recipient Who Said "Reform Be Damned."

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By: Harlan Whatley

Canada's Victoria Cross: Highest Military Honour Now Made in Canada.

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By: Feature Writer William Silvester

The Battle of the Pyramids: Napoleon's Defeat of Mamluk Forces of Murad and Ibrahim Bey 1798

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By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Victoria Cross: Only 1,356 VCs have been awarded.

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By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Gen. Mansfield Lovell, CSA: A Confederate general who retired in New York City.

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By: Harlan Whatley

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