World War II British Submarine Operations in the Pacific
Franklin By Arnold Blumberg During World War II, after the Royal Navy’s traumatic departure from the Pacific Ocean in…
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As it’s Christmas time, here in the Historic UK office we have put our heads together and come…
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Diana and Dodi—who had been vacationing in the French Riviera—arrived in Paris earlier the previous day. They left…
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Played during the Cold War, the Reykjavik match also carried political undertones. Fischer had already accused the Soviets…
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Japanese Admiral Soemu Toyoda knew an American invasion of the South Pacific was coming somewhere—he just didn’t know…
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We were lucky enough to stay at Middletons on our recent trip to York, thanks to the kind…
Read MoreDutch Debacle – Warfare History Network
After launching the offensive in the spring of 1940, the Nazis swept to victory in the Netherlands. By…
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By Michael Haskew, Editor For three months during the autumn and winter of 1944, the U.S. First Army…
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The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) in Carlisle, PA covers more than a century of American…
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By Christopher Miskimon In the late afternoon of September 17, 1862 the 7th Maine Regiment received new orders.…
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