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MHQ Magazine
The backstory to victory on D-Day...
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Military History Magazine
The U.S. Marines drew on the disastrous 1915 landings at Gallipoli to write the first how-to manual of amphibious warfare. The potential and perils of amphibious operations were never more hotly debated than in the Tokyo headquarters of...
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World War II Magazine
Germany’s stealthy Type XXI U-boat was a true technological breakthrough, but it aided the Allies more than the Nazis
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HistoryNet
The Royal Navy’s control of the sea threatened America’s Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coasts. When the United States declared war on Britain to begin the War of 1812, American land and sea forces were woefully ill prepared to take...
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MHQ
MICHAEL G. WALLING, who served in the U.S. Coast Guard for six years as a commissioned officer and a senior petty officer, is the author of several books. His newest book, Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War...
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Ask Mr. History, World War I
Why Didn't the Allies Attack the Germans from the Rear in World War I?...
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Drafts
U.S. Army medics rush a wounded GI through Normandy’s bocage country. The ground upon which a battle is fought is one of the most important factors in determining the tactics used in that battle. Terrain always imposes its...
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Fire for Effect
We often call amphibious operations the most complex of all military undertakings, but carrying out an airborne assault may be even more difficult. ...
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Fire for Effect
Admiral William "Bull" Halsey was a tough talker and a fighter, but was also a deeply flawed commander....
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Fire for Effect
A trip to Omaha Beach with the West Point cadets leads to an insight about the art of command. ...
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MH Issues
Subscribe to Military History magazine today! FEATURES Cover Story Hit the Beach! By Colonel Joseph H. Alexander The U.S. Marines drew on the disastrous 1915 landings at Gallipoli to write the book on amphibious warfare Last of the Vikings...
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Aviation History, Gear
The Curtiss SB2C was the most heavily produced dive bomber in history, but it did not represent much of an improvement over the Douglas SBD Dauntless it was designed to replace....
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World War II
During his time on the tiny PC-1225, Louis Hyde participated in the most momentous event of World War II....
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HistoryNet
John Wood's swashbucklers set out to seize a Union fleet....
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World War II
In the summer of 1942, German submarines put saboteurs ashore on American beaches....
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World War II
A series of top-secret Japanese submarine missions could have altered the course of World War II....