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The Wages of War
In 1965 Rhodesia’s white-minority government went rogue, sparking a war whose reverberations have left a nation in anguish
WWII Figures
Dick Cole, 103, Last of the Doolittle Raiders
Cole was co-pilot to famed USAAF Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle in the lead plane of 16 B-25B bombers that boldly raided targets in Japan on April 18, 1942
Korean War
The Korean War That Almost Was
In the late 1960s North Korean incursions along the DMZ threatened to reignite the long dormant Korean War
World War I
Beneath Their Very Feet
In a covert 18-month effort Allied soldiers tunneled beneath German lines in Flanders to plant more than 500 tons of explosives
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Red, White and Blue Over China
Amid the Second Opium War in 1856 a U.S. Navy commander violated his nation’s neutrality to defend the honor of the American flag
Africa
Great Guns!
In service to the British empire in Canada and South Africa, American machine gunner Arthur ‘Gat’ Howard lived up to his rat-a-tat nickname
Military History Features
High Tide of Viking Ireland
At Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 the Irish united under High King Brian Boru to drive out Viking invaders
World War II
The Secret Life of Erich Gimpel
Landed by U-boat on the coast of Maine in 1944, the senior agent of a two-man Nazi spy team had a thrilling tale to tell—most of it true
Asia
China’s American Imperial General
It took an American Christian adventurer to create an army capable of ending the only so-called Christian revolt in Chinese history
Military History
IEDs: Faceless Enemy
The toughest fight for U.S. troops in post-Saddam Iraq was the campaign against improvised explosive devices and related technology
Military History
The River Ran Red
When wary Zulus massacred a party of unarmed Boer settlers, the Afrikaners mounted a punitive campaign into the heart of the warrior kingdom
1800s
Queen’s Ransom
How Hawaii’s indebted last queen lost her throne to sugar barons and the American rush to empire
Military History
Camelback Colonialism
The Somaliland Camel Corps mopped up a Mad Mullah and policed and pacified the British protectorate through two world wars
World War I
Narrow Path to Victory
Though almost comical in aspect, narrow-gauge trains proved a lifeline to frontline troops in World War I
World War I
Sky Above, Mud Below
Only those who endured the shrieking shells, stagnant water, creeping rats and rotting corpses could truly convey the horrors of World War I trench warfare
Europe
Hernán Cortés: Master of the Conquest
Hernán Cortés himself—not Spanish arms, smallpox or Mesoamerican allies—was the catalyst behind the stunning defeat of the Aztec empire
