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Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:23 pm
During World War II, adroit navy public relations and obliging media coverage wrapped PT boats in glamour. Initially designed for dangerous nighttime attacks on much larger Japanese warships, the boats came to be seen as intrepid little heroes, America’s Davids taking on Japan’s Goliaths of the sea.
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Though John F. Kennedy emerged from World War II as a national hero, he thought of the war years as a dark period for his family. “It turned [us] upside down and sucked all the oxygen out of our smug and comfortable assumptions,” he said.
Thomas Fleming |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:16 pm
David A. Clary's new book is an unflattering portrait of Washington's leadership in the French and Indian War.
Christine Ammer |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:15 pm
MHQ lexicographer, Christine Ammer, considers vivid phrases of military leaders.
Jeffrey D. Wert |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:12 pm
General George McClellan thought he was timid. Newspapers called him ‘Granny Lee.’ But once in command, the General Robert E. Lee attacked quickly and boldly.
Peter E. Cozzens |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Nowadays "Army of the Rebellion" is most commonly used to refer to the Confederates, but during the American Civil War the term was often applied to the Union forces as well.
Stephen Budiansky |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 7:06 pm
In August 1812, Captain Isaac Hull in the American frigate Constitution dismasted the Royal Navy's Guerrière in a resounding victory that helped the U.S. Navy hold its own for nearly three years against the mightiest sea power on earth.
Jeffrey G. Barlow |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Neptune’s Inferno
The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
By James D. Hornfischer. 544 pp.
Bantam Books, 2011. $30.
Reviewed by Jeffrey G. Barlow
Geoffrey Parker |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 6:41 pm
A renowned historian looks at the greatest conflicts from ancient times to World War II.
Jennifer E. Berry |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 5:54 pm
The French army was in a precarious position in the summer of 1915, as its offensives bogged down and casualties skyrocketed. L’Illustration, a popular image-driven newspaper, encouraged renowned Paris-based photojournalist Léon Gimpel to find subjects worthy of color photographs—a rarity at a time when the heavy equipment and complex processing of color newspaper photography meant few photographers could shoot for that medium. Inspired by poster artist Francisque Poulbot’s comic and colorful illustrations of children playing at war, Gimpel went to work.
Thomas Fleming |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 5:50 pm
The most famous collision in U.S. Navy history occurred at about 2:30 a.m. on August 2, 1943, a hot, moonless night in the Pacific. Patrol Torpedo boat 109 was idling in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands. The 80-foot craft had orders to attack enemy ships on a resupply mission. With virtually no warning, a Japanese destroyer emerged from the black night and smashed into PT-109, slicing it in two and igniting its fuel tanks.
Published: February 08, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Photographs of John F. Kennedy during World War II.
Drew Lindsay |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 2:41 pm
For months the Confederates trained dozens of guns on Fort Sumter. But no one seemed eager for war.
Drew Bratcher |
Published: February 08, 2011 at 2:35 pm
The country’s bloodiest war has been captured in novels, memoirs, and battle narratives. Here are 10 classics
Published: December 30, 2010 at 11:19 am
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MHQ |
Published: November 11, 2010 at 1:24 pm
"Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength." Winston Churchill - May 13, 1940
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