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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: William Silvester

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

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By: Harlan Whatley

Gen. Archibald Gracie, CSA: A New York native who led the 43rd Alabama regiment in the Civil War

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By: Harlan Whatley

Admiral Lord Nelson's Wounds: How the Hero of Trafalgar lost his Arm and the Sight in One Eye

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By: Martin Gosling

More VCASNY History: History of the VCASNY and the Military Society of the War of 1812.

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By: Harlan Whatley

10th Hussars Charge at Benavente: A Classic Cavalry Skirmish during the Corruna Campaign of 1808-09

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By: Martin Gosling

The Tuskegee Airmen: The first African-American fighter pilots in the US Army Air Corps.

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By: Harlan Whatley

Wilhelm I and the Potsdam Giants: The King of Prussia and his Love of Tall Men

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Chesapeake and the Shannon: For Free Trade and Sailors Rights the US Went to War with Britain

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By: Martin Gosling

NYC's Oldest Artillery Regiment: The History of the VCASNY

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By: Harlan Whatley

79th New York "Highlanders": NYC's Scottish Regiment in the American Civil War

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By: Harlan Whatley

Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg: A WWI hero and President of the Weimar Republic who appointed Hitler

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By: Harlan Whatley

The Flying Tigers: American combat aviators in China during World War II

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By: Harlan Whatley

Army Pigeons in World War I & II: Avian Allied Forces for the Australian, British and U.S. Armies

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By: Harlan Whatley

Eagle Squadrons: American pilots who flew for the RAF during World War II.

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By: Harlan Whatley

Kosciuszko Squadron: American Combat Pilots in Poland

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By: Harlan Whatley

The Lafayette Escadrille: Early American Combat Pilots of World War One

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By: Harlan Whatley

The Sinking of the Mary Rose: The Flagship of King Henry VIII's Tudor Navy

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By: Neil Gunn

The Korean War - opening stage: The Defensive stage June 1950 – September 1950

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By: Richard Cleary

Italy - Forgotten Front Remembered: The Mutli-National Southern European Battlefront of World War II

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By: Steve DeVault

The Other Side of History: Sometimes Past Events Were a Bit Different than People Believe

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By: Charles Anderson

Essex Aircraft Carriers: Enhancing the American Pacific Fleet in World War II and Beyond

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By: Steve DeVault

D-Day and Operation Fortitude: Hitler Ensures the Success of Operation Overlord During World War II

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By: Steve DeVault

Alvin York: An Unlikely World War I Hero and Medal of Honor Winner

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By: Scott Hayden

June 4, 1944 the other Epic Day: The Day Rome Fell

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By: Richard Cleary

The Ruhr Pocket of World War II: The U.S. 75th 'Bulgebusters' Infantry Division Enters Germany

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By: Steve DeVault

The Colmar Pocket of World War II: The U.S. 75th Infantry Division after the Battle of the Bulge

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By: Steve DeVault

The U.S. 75th Infantry Division: The Bulgebusters From Activation Through The Battle of the Bulge

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By: Steve DeVault

Admiral Shigetaro Shimada: Japan’s WWII Navy Minister Sails and Sinks with General Hideki Tojo

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By: Steve DeVault

Eastern Europe’s Post WWII Fate: German and Russian Plans for Eastern Europe early in World War II

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By: Steve DeVault

Canada Remembers Vimy: Young and Old Canadians Honour Veterans

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By: Scott Hayden

Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the USMC: The first U.S. Marines were raised at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, PA

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By: John Crandall

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in WW II: Captured at Battle of the Bulge Witnesses Fire-Bombing of Dresden

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By: Brent Sedo

World War II U.S. Coastal Defense: Women Protect American Shores by Forming Air Raid Defense Group

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By: Laurie McLaughlin

Attack on Darwin Australia 1942: Japanese B54s Bomb the City, Civilians Flee in Adelaide River Stakes

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By: Susan Thompson

Grace O'Malley, Female Pirate: A Pirate of Ireland

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By: Minden Pettengill

The British in India 1825-1859: United Kingdom Army Dress, Weapons, and Tactics

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By: Henry Berry

Eugene Esmonde: Victoria Cross: Profile of First Fleet Air Arm Pilot to Win Supreme Award

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By: Murray McLeod

Scarf :Victoria Cross: Squadron Leader Arthur King Scarf- the unheralded VC winner

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By: Murray McLeod

Ward: Victoria Cross: James Allan Ward- heroic New Zealand airman

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By: Murray McLeod

Albert Jacka Victoria Cross: Australia's greatest front line soldier of WWI

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By: Murray McLeod

Newton: Victoria Cross: Bill Newton- Heroic to the end

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By: Murray McLeod

Middleton:Victoria Cross: Aussie Bomber Pilot in World War II.

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By: Murray McLeod

Harry Murray: Victoria Cross: World War I Australian Army Hero

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By: Murray McLeod

Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps: As every recruit knows, Archibald Henderson was the Grand Old Man

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By: John Crandall

Flying Fortress Raid - Schweinfurt: Black Thursday, the worst day of WWII for the US Eighth Air Force

In: Military History

By: Dan Conner

Surrender at Stalingrad: This month at War - Stalingrad February 1943

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By: Richard Cleary

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