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Murder at My Lai — Who Exactly Was Responsible for America’s Most Infamous War Crime?
“Barker’s report on the March 16 My Lai operation registered 128 VC killed against three U.S. KIAs. This, of course, was a lie, and many, many people knew it at the time.” By Marshall Poe…
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…
Hellcat vs. Focke-Wulf — How Did the U.S. Navy Warplane Stack Up Against Germany’s FW-190?
“The U.S. Navy, which in addition to fighting the Pacific War took part in Allied operations in the Mediterranean and North Sea, needed its aviators to be ready for Focke-Wulfs.” By Marc Liebman THE FOCKE-WULF…
CIA at War — Inside the Agency’s Operations from Cold War Hotspots to 21st Century Battlefields
“Covert action is bad for the reputations of both the CIA and the United States. But in an age of undeclared wars, it’s not hard to understand why an intelligence agency became repeatedly embroiled in…
Nordic Buffalos — How An Obsolete U.S. Navy Fighter Found a New Lease on Life in Finland’s War with the Soviets
“Despite their superiority in numbers and their losses, the Soviet’s never gained air superiority. That belonged to the Finns.” By Marc Liebman BY THE END of the Russo-Finnish War in March 1940, military planners in…
Panther vs. MiG — Inside the Cold War Dogfight That Officially Never Happened
“For decades, the entire incident remained shrouded in mystery.” By Marc Liebman BY NOVEMBER 1952, the air and ground war in Korea had been raging for two years and five months. The People’s Republic of…
