Daily Quiz for April 10, 2020

The German night fighter the Heinkel He-219 was nicknamed this....

Senegalese Tirailleurs: The Forgotten Infantrymen of World War II

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The Complex Legacy of Appomattox

The surrender at Appomattox Court House has been remembered—and misremembered—from the day the Army of Northern Virginia laid down its arms. On April 16, 1950, historian Douglas Southall Freeman addressed 20,000 spectators in...

Military History

Breaking the City of Kings: The Battle for Nuremberg, 1945

The medieval city of Nuremberg, once the seat of power for German kings, became the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II in the month of April 1945. As American forces closed in to seize the former bastion of Adolf...

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Daily Quiz for April 9, 2020

This was the last time a Presidential election was decided by a vote of the House of Representatives. ...

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Book Review: Photographing Texas

Texas historian Richard Selcer presents images from "Fort Worth Five" photographer John Swartz and brothers...

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‘Me travel?…not this summer’: These WWII-Era Posters Are Eerily Spot On

During the Second World War the U.S. government peppered the nation with propaganda posters containing a mixture of humor, motivation…and a heavy dose of guilt. Presently, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the analogies between...

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Daily Quiz for April 8, 2020

In 1972 journalist David Halberstam called the Kennedy/Johnson administration this. ...

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‘I survived Guam, I can get through this bulls–t’ — WWII Vet,...

Good news has become scarce of late as the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on the health and lifestyle of Americans nationwide. At least, that was until the virus came into contact with Bill Kelly, a 95-year-old World War II veteran who...

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Death Stalks the Capital

A deadly epidemic in Philadelphia shut down the nation’s business and taught Americans an important lesson: Good health is good policy ...

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Daily Quiz for April 7, 2020

After World War II, Kurt Tank, the designer of the Focke-Wulf Fw-190, designed a jet fighter for this country. ...

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History ‘Buffs’: Five Former Politicians Who Liked to Keep Fit

As we move into our 475th week of quarantine, and our resolve to become the next Jane Fonda diminishes with every slice of pizza, let's looks back the nation's fittest politicians. ...

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