The Death of an Army — How One of America’s Worst Generals Produced the Deadliest Peacetime Military Disaster in U.S. History

“Despite these horrendous losses, Wilkinson was never held accountable for his incompetence and corruption.” By Howard W. Cox SOLDIERS enlist in the army with the full realization that they one day may have to face…

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The Last Sailing Warship – Inside the Amazing Voyage of the Kaiser’s Commerce Raider ‘Seeadler’

“Von Luckner preferred to capture his prey rather than kill. In its entire career as a raider, Seeadler’s guns only took a single life.” By Blaine Pardoe THE STORIED AGE OF SAIL was long over…

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Child Soldiers of the U.S. Civil War — Just How Rare Was Underage Enlistment in Armies of the Era?

“If military physicians strongly opposed youth enlistment, and plenty of parents fought to retain authority over sons up to age 21, how did so many boys below 18 end up in the army?” By Rebecca…

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The Russian Liberation Army – Meet the Legion of Soviet POWs Who Joined the Nazis to Fight Stalin

“Vlasov didn’t see himself as a traitor to Russia; he sought to liberate his homeland from the ruthless Stalin.” By Mari K. Eder IT WAS JUST after VE Day in May of 1945 when James…

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The Stalingrad Airlift – Inside Germany’s Doomed Effort to Resupply the Sixth Army from the Air

“It was a massive effort involving hundreds of transport planes, bombers adapted to carry cargo and fighter escorts along with thousands of pilots and air crew.” By Robert Forsyth IN THE early years of the…

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Shirker, Smuggler, Soldier, Spy — Jewish Americans in the U.S. Civil War and the Rise of Modern Antisemitism

“The Civil War was responsible for creating many of the core elements of modern American antisemitism.” By Adam D. Mendelsohn AUGUST BONDI already had a distinguished record as a revolutionary when he mustered into the…

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