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The Fight for Manila — Inside the Largest Urban Battle in U.S. Army History
“It was a victory, but it was not MacArthur’s best work.” By Nicholas Evan Sarantakes “ONE OF America’s greatest heroes is dead,” President Lyndon Johnson declared upon the death of General of the Army Douglas…
The Strange Death of U-4708 — How the Allies Sunk a German U-Boat in its Own Sub Pen
“Most of the Allied bombing raids aimed at submarine pens inflicted only superficial damage.” By Robert Schreiner ON THE night of April 9, 1945, two German submarines were berthed within the cavernous concrete enclosure of…
Hastings ‘Pug’ Ismay — Meet the British General Who Became Churchill’s ‘Right Hand’ in Wartime
“Who was this mysterious man and what was it that made him so indispensable to a wartime prime minister?” By John Kiszely ON 6 April 1982, at the very start of the Falklands War, the…
The Good Allies — How America’s Wartime Partnership with Canada Helped Secure Victory
“Canada proved a reliable partner to the U.S., but the Americans in turn understood it was in their own strategic interest to fully support and amplify the dominion’s ability to wage war.” By Tim Cook…
Zebulon Pike — America’s Forgotten General, Explorer, and Spy
“His name merits an honored place in the American saga, rather than being consigned to a historical dumpster or maligned by revisionists.” ON APRIL 26, 1813, Brigadier General Zebulon Pike landed on the northern shore…
‘Circle C Cowboys’ — Meet the U.S. Army Police Force That Brought Law and Order to Post-War Germany
“The U.S. Constabulary stands as an example of effective military law enforcement in occupied regions.” By Daniel Murphy IN THE summer of 1945, many looked at the devastation across Europe and believed that although the…
