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The Yucatan Republic — How a Mayan Independence Movement Became a Sideshow of the Mexican-American War
“In the fall of 1847, after the U.S. Army occupied Mexico City, the president of the Campeche government, Santiago Méndez, sent his son-in-law Justo Sierra O’Reilly to Washington D.C. to ask for military support, official…
Devil’s Bargain – Inside the Soviet Union’s Pre-WW2 Cooperation with Germany
“Putin’s myths hide some awful truths: Without the long-standing collaboration between Berlin and Moscow in the days and even years leading up to the invasion of Poland, history would have undoubtedly been very different.” By…
The Tragic End of HMCS Margaree – How A Freak Atlantic Convoy Accident Cost the Lives of 142 Allied Sailors
“Most of the crew were asleep in their mess decks in the forward part of the ship, which drifted clear of the after part, capsized and sank in under a minute’s time. Every man in…
Three Moments That Might Have Brought an Early End to the U.S. Civil War
By Iain MacGregor IN JANUARY of 1861, the U.S. Army numbered 17,000 men. These troops were primarily spread across the new western territories. A small number of federal forts and arsenals were sprinkled throughout the…
The 442nd Infantry — How the Men of the U.S. Army’s Famous Japanese American Regiment Had to Overcome Suspicion (Even of Each Other) Before Going to War
“Senior officers seriously discussed the possibility of disbanding the regiment. That if we could not work together, how can we ever consider going into combat together?” By George Yagi Jr. WHEN JAPAN attacked Pearl Harbor…
Frederick The Great — An Icon and Misguided Monarch
“The king failed on a grand, strategic scale in two critical components.” By Michael G. Stroud EUROPE HAS been the breeding ground for some of the greatest military commanders in history, from Prince Eugene of…
