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The Battle of Breitenfeld. From a private collection.

You Can Thank the Swedes for Combined Arms Theory

by David T. Zabecki3/17/20233/20/2023

Amid the Thirty Years’ War Protestant commander Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden finally crossed swords with Catholic commander Johann Tserclaes in 1631 at Breitenfeld, Saxony

How A Rivalry Propelled This Irish Special Forces Trooper to the Top

by Gavin Mortimer3/17/20233/16/2023

Photo of Operation Linebacker was the title of a U. S. Seventh Air Force and U. S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to halt or slow the transportation of supplies and materials for the Nguyen Hue Offensive (known in the West as the Easter Offensive), an invasion of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), by forces of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), that had been launched on 30 March. Linebacker was the first continuous bombing effort conducted against North Vietnam since the bombing halt instituted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in November 1968.

Army and Navy Pilots Joined Together in a Day of Duels Over Vietnam

by Jon Guttman3/15/20233/14/2023

What Happened to the Two Canadian Aviators of Lancaster L7576?

by Gavin Mortimer3/14/20233/14/2023

They Were Sent on a Suicide Mission at Cedar Creek. Their Victory Rallied the Union.

by Alex McCarthy3/13/20233/13/2023

How a Boer Hunter Tracked an Elusive German Cruiser

by Mark Carlson3/10/20231/30/2023

Illustration of Viet Cong tunnel network in Vietnam.

How “Tunnel Rats” Fought the Viet Cong in Underground Tunnels in Vietnam

by William P. Head3/6/20233/7/2023

Photo of American servicemen, former prisoners of war, are cheering as their aircraft takes off from an airfield near Hanoi as part of Operation Homecoming.

How Operation Homecoming Was Sprung into Action to Repatriate American POWs

by J. Keith Saliba2/28/20232/28/2023

The Fight at Cedar Creek Was Over. So Why Couldn’t Union Troops Let Their Guard Down?

by Jonathan A. Noyalas2/27/20232/27/2023

“Texas Jack” Omohundro performing with Giuseppina Morlacchi

‘Texas Jack’ Omohundro Was the World’s First Celebrity Cowboy

by Matthew Kerns2/22/20233/8/2023