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Military HistoryInterview With Doolittle Raider Richard ColePublished: December 27, 2013 at 6:52 pm
On April 18, 1942, in the northwest Pacific, aviation legend Jimmy Doolittle and copilot Dick Cole led a flight of 16 B-25B bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet bound for targets in Japan. Cole shares his memories of that historic raid.
Bloody Stalemate at Fort Erie, 1814Published: December 27, 2013 at 3:15 pm
After a seesaw clash of determined enemies, neither the Americans nor
the British ended up with the prize
Mil Mi-24 Hind: A Russian Gunship With AttitudePublished: December 27, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Despite is susceptibility to Stingers, the Mi-24 assault gunship packs a sting of its own and has proved an enduring war machine.
Military History - March 2014 - Letters From ReadersPublished: December 27, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Readers' letters in the March 2014 issue of Military History sound off about the cost of defeat, our red herring game from the January issue, the decision to drop the atomic bomb, wartime headlines, General James Wilkinson, Loyalists in the American colonies and the AK-47.
Book Review: The Shining Sea, by George C. DaughanPublished: December 27, 2013 at 1:50 pm
George Daughan relates Captain David Porter's truly epic 17-month Pacific voyage on USS Essex during the War of 1812 in The Shining Sea.
Book Review: Clash of Empires in South China, by Franco David MacriPublished: December 27, 2013 at 12:47 pm
In Clash of Empires in South China, Franco David Macri explores the political and military wrangling over the region between Japan and the Allies before and during World War II.
Game Review: Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers, by Maximum GamesPublished: December 27, 2013 at 12:32 pm
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers transports players to key aerial conflicts from that theater of World War II, while allowing for a measure of historical revision.
Letter From Military History - March 2014Published: December 27, 2013 at 12:01 pm
As military theorist Carl von Clausewitz succinctly put it, “War is the province of chance.”
The Light Horse Takes BeershebaPublished: October 30, 2013 at 4:16 pm
In 1917 Australian horsemen made one of the last—and most successful—cavalry charges of World War I
Letter From Military History - January 2014Published: October 30, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Victory in battle is one thing, but can there be clear-cut victory in the shadowy, ongoing war on terror?
Interview With Army Chief of Military History Robert J. DalessandroPublished: October 30, 2013 at 12:37 pm
As director of the Center of Military History, Robert J. Dalessandro is responsible for preserving and relating the peacetime and wartime history of the U.S. Army, a job the retired colonel takes very seriously.
Military History - January 2014 - Letters From ReadersPublished: October 30, 2013 at 11:43 am
Readers' letters in the January 2014 issue of Military History sound off about W. Eugene Smith's iconic 1944 image of a U.S. Marine on Saipan, reasons for the fall of Rome, and the 1940 sinking of RMS Lancastria, Britain's worst maritime disaster.
Book Review: Engineers of Victory, by Paul KennedyPublished: October 30, 2013 at 10:55 am
Paul Kennedy's book Engineers of Victory looks at the critical contribution engineering and multidisciplinary coordination made toward Allied victory in World War II.
Book Review: Wrong Turn, by Colonel Gian GentilePublished: October 30, 2013 at 10:40 am
In Wrong Turn professor and U.S. Army Colonel Gian Gentile argues that counterinsurgency warfare remains ineffective as a dominant strategy.
Book Review: Going for Broke, by James M. McCaffreyPublished: October 30, 2013 at 10:21 am
In Going for Broke author James McCaffrey presents the full World War II history of the highly decorated, largely Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Game Review: History: Legends of War—Patton, by Maximum GamesPublished: October 30, 2013 at 10:10 am
In this latest iteration of History: Legends of War you assume the role of General George S. Patton in the European theater of World War II.
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