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225679f960387b3cb39395e0f6e06dbc | https://www.historynet.com/alastair-harry-campbell-and-the-fabled-shipka-pass.htm | Alastair Harry Campbell and the Fabled Shipka Pass | Alastair Harry Campbell and the Fabled Shipka Pass
By mid-September 1877 opposing armies had spent eight weeks locked in a gruesome slugfest for control of a Bulgarian pass providing a direct route to the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). Mount St. Nicholas loomed above the other three main cres... |
d8aec4f952e1c4d5d72b690d7eb89d09 | https://www.historynet.com/alfred-thayer-mahan-the-reluctant-seaman.htm | Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Reluctant Seaman | Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Reluctant Seaman
He was perhaps the most celebrated naval historian of his era, an influential promoter of United States naval and commercial expansion during America’s rise to world power in the late nineteenth century. As the author of numerous articles and books, including the landmark The I... |
d2f8c48e75dd40219502c216adb3cba5 | https://www.historynet.com/allied-agony-at-anzio-sidebar-february-99-world-war-ii-feature.htm | Allied Agony at Anzio – Sidebar: February ’99 World War II Feature | Allied Agony at Anzio – Sidebar: February ’99 World War II Feature
The Death of the Rangers
Taking their name from Rogers Rangers, a British-American unit organized in 1757, the U.S. Rangers, under William Orlando Darby, were one of America’s elite fighting units in World War II. With their superb training and unbreak... |
cb107c9804796a4ae096b6aa7926ad3a | https://www.historynet.com/alpha-6-just-disappeared-what-happened-to-the-companys-captain.htm | Alpha 6 ‘Just Disappeared’: What Happened to the Company’s Captain? | Alpha 6 ‘Just Disappeared’: What Happened to the Company’s Captain?
On Feb. 14, 1968, in the midst of the communists’ countrywide Tet Offensive, my company, Alpha, in the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, was tasked to be the security force for the headquarters of Military Assistance C... |
4e368c34a409e1f47ddd052b1a13de68 | https://www.historynet.com/amber-room-russia.htm | Stolen Treasure: The Lost Amber Room of Russia | Stolen Treasure: The Lost Amber Room of Russia
A legendary room with radiant amber walls, built to shine upon kings, vanished from Russia during World War II, leaving a mystery that continues to confound researchers.
The so-called “Amber Room” was a marvel of Baroque architecture. Designed and constructed by German and... |
364b898d2b47f60d04078edc15539080 | https://www.historynet.com/ambush-at-abu-sunt-the-21st-lancers-at-the-battle-of-omdurman.htm | Ambush at Abu Sunt: The 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman | Ambush at Abu Sunt: The 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman
There is an old myth that the charge of the 21st Lancers against the Mahdists at the Battle of Omdurman, fought in Sudan on 2 September 1898, was the last full-scale British cavalry charge in history. As with many such myths, this is incorrect, since the ch... |
7eda7a5e7c91b3590d5332ce1f106918 | https://www.historynet.com/ambush-thon-tham-khe.htm | Ambush at Thon Tham Khe | Ambush at Thon Tham Khe
Within 24 hours of hitting the beach in Operation Badger Tooth, 48 Marines were dead. The question that remains: Why?
Marine Lance Corporal Larry Christensen was exhausted—and greatly disillusioned—from his first real battle as he jumped off the helicopter onto the deck of the Navy attack transp... |
80b614d0b163c0f25cb8c7eabf3143ae | https://www.historynet.com/american-civil-war-the-23rd-ohio-volunteer-infantry-regiment.htm | American Civil War: The 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment | American Civil War: The 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The volunteer citizen army that fought the Civil War for the North was one of the most remarkable military assemblages in history. It represented every facet of the democratic society from which it came–the raw, brute strength of that society, its youthful s... |
a1f3e75a217ff810d44c3213093d4217 | https://www.historynet.com/american-experience-custers-last-stand-television-review.htm | American Experience: Custer’s Last Stand – Television Review | American Experience: Custer’s Last Stand – Television Review
Custer's Last Stand. Library of Congress.
The Boston Tea Party. The Alamo. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Custer’s Last Stand. The Battle of Little Big Horn, fought June 25–26, 1876, and popularly known as Custer’s Last Stand is among the first historical even... |
afe69543597f6f096b8810cc16630da7 | https://www.historynet.com/american-history-review-how-the-victors-divvyed-the-spoils-at-yalta.htm | American History Review: How the Victors Divvied the Spoils at Yalta | American History Review: How the Victors Divvied the Spoils at Yalta
Historian Preston argues that Stalin did not actually make patsies out of Roosevelt and Churchill
Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World by Diana Preston, Atlantic Monthly, 2020; $28
Universal indifference ... |
0ead9631bc88262f048a2bc6225f85d6 | https://www.historynet.com/american-history-review-rhinestone-bromance.htm | ‘Shooting Midnight Cowboy’ Review: Behind The Scenes of Hollywood’s Famous Rhinestone Bromance | ‘Shooting Midnight Cowboy’ Review: Behind The Scenes of Hollywood’s Famous Rhinestone Bromance
Midnight Cowboy: The best film that should never have been made
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89b3221e75c23585f4ff0c42c403a350 | https://www.historynet.com/american-history-review-the-fastest-man-on-two-wheels-was-nearly-forgotten.htm | American History Review: The Fastest Man on Two Wheels was Nearly Forgotten | American History Review: The Fastest Man on Two Wheels was Nearly Forgotten
“Major” Taylor was the best bicycle rider of his time, but his career was badly undermined in the Jim Crow South
The World’s Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor by Michael Kranish, Scribner, 2019; $28.00
What a ride. Bes... |
a2a914ed586c98300bb2700689e7f85a | https://www.historynet.com/american-history-tv-new-from-c-span.htm | American History TV – New from C-SPAN | American History TV – New from C-SPAN
Dr. Luke A. Nichter, co-executive producer of American History TV. Photo courtesy C-SPAN.
Luke Nichter is the Co-Executive Producer of American History TV, which airs every weekend on C-SPAN3 from 8:00am Saturday ET to 8:00am Monday ET. The program is described by C-SPAN as “a full... |
173ea366f9f4aae3256174fb4310823e | https://www.historynet.com/american-hotspur.htm | American Hotspur | American Hotspur
Among the ranks of history’s unheralded officers, William Montrose Graham earned remembrance for his Mexican War service and sacrifice.
Soon after the 1846–48 Mexican War, Marcus M.C. Hammond, a 4th U.S. Infantry veteran who had served as a wartime Army paymaster and later wrote a series of sketches ab... |
0bbd27561888e2075f75cac0e0dd5352 | https://www.historynet.com/american-prisoners-of-war-massacre-at-palawan.htm | American Prisoners of War: Massacre at Palawan | American Prisoners of War: Massacre at Palawan
With the stunning defeats suffered by the United States, Great Britain and the Netherlands in the early months of the Pacific War, thousands of Allied military personnel became prisoners of the Japanese. The Americans captured in the Philippines were initially detained in ... |
9ad9cadb4546dbe30b4a07a59552fc43 | https://www.historynet.com/american-schemers-w-lee-pappy-odaniel.htm | American Schemers: “Pappy” O’Daniel | American Schemers: “Pappy” O’Daniel
Texas radio showman talked his way into the U.S. Senate
W. LEE “PAPPY” O’Daniel started out selling flour but ended up selling himself, riding the radiowaves to fortune, fame, the Texas governor’s mansion, and the United States Senate. He was the first celebrity of the mass media age... |
8bcaf93611d083dab42180553995af30 | https://www.historynet.com/american-schemers-william-walker.htm | American Schemers: William Walker | American Schemers: William Walker
WILLIAM WALKER was a young man in a hurry but he couldn’t decide where he was going. In 1838, at 14, he graduated from the University of Nashville. At 19, he earned a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. But he didn’t enjoy doctoring, so he studied law in New Orleans. La... |
bc6b4cc32a41aff6ccfef55c1ff6ebc7 | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-colonel-benjamin-griersons-cavalry-raid-in-1863.htm | America’s Civil War: Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s Cavalry Raid in 1863 | America’s Civil War: Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s Cavalry Raid in 1863
April 17, 1863, dawned with the promise of an almost perfect spring day. The Federal cavalry camp at La Grange, Tennessee, had been alive with activity since early morning. Anxious soldiers awaited the arrival by train of Colonel Benjamin H. Grierso... |
9063db3380b50dfe59492533a870b13c | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-fort-wagner-and-the-54th-massachusetts-volunteer-infantry.htm | Fort Wagner and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry | Fort Wagner and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Tired, hungry and proud, the black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry stood in the light of the setting sun and awaited the call to battle on the evening of July 18, 1863. The air was filled with the rumble of big guns, and the very ground on ... |
ddcbdf942f2760250486d69739588a01 | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-january-2001-letters.htm | America’s Civil War: January 2001 Letters | America’s Civil War: January 2001 Letters
Dam No. 5
Please note that the picture on page 54-55 of the September 2000 issue is mislabeled. The canal boat is parked in the intake lock at Dam No. 3 on the C&O Canal, a long way from Dam No. 5–in fact, more than 44 miles. The lock pictured served as both a feeder lock and a... |
c5c8432784cd1c2590db1514fbc1de8d | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-john-mosby-and-george-custer-clash-in-the-shenandoah-valley.htm/6 | America’s Civil War: John Mosby and George Custer Clash in the Shenandoah Valley | America’s Civil War: John Mosby and George Custer Clash in the Shenandoah Valley
The peaceful stream and lush, rich soil of the fertile Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia had long been considered a paradise by its fortunate residents. Stretching Southwest from Harper’s Ferry in northern Virginia, nestled between the... |
94373a06c120b04d462b878731a5f49b | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-may-2001-letters.htm | America’s Civil War: May 2001 Letters | America’s Civil War: May 2001 Letters
Preservation Donation
Thank you so very much, Primedia History Group, for your generous donation of $9,778 to the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust. These proceeds from your recent Chancellorsville reenactment at Ft. Pickett, Va., [September 22-24] are a wonderful indication of t... |
4b515b296df79e2e1d71a0f39169e445 | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-pre-dawn-assault-on-fort-stedman.htm | America’s Civil War: Pre-dawn Assault on Fort Stedman | America’s Civil War: Pre-dawn Assault on Fort Stedman
Near Petersburg, Virginia, in the frosty pre-dawn hours of March 25, 1865, a Union sentry in front of Fort Stedman could hear the faint rustle of dry cornstalks quite clearly. ‘I say, Johnny,’ he shouted as he brought his weapon to full cock, ‘what are you doing in ... |
49a60ad003fc4fad8231d9e7f366fd0d | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-union-soldiers-hanged-in-north-carolina.htm | America’s Civil War: Union Soldiers Hanged in North Carolina | America’s Civil War: Union Soldiers Hanged in North Carolina
It was a chilling sight. Thirteen men in sullied Union Army uniforms lined up on a scaffold, rough corn sacks over their heads, a noose around each one’s neck. A young lieutenant produced the execution order and read it as loudly as he could to the brigades o... |
e785f293794314c6f9aa901a18c3780f | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-where-does-private-jemison-rest.htm | America’s Civil War: Where Does Private Jemison Rest | America’s Civil War: Where Does Private Jemison Rest
In a quiet cemetery in the center of what was once Georgia’s capital, a monument has stood for more than a hundred years commemorating the life of Private Edwin F. Jemison, a young Confederate soldier killed in battle. To honor his memory, his parents erected the mon... |
aa1071581dd199a60efeae4902454568 | https://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-why-the-irish-fought-for-the-union.htm | America’s Civil War: Why the Irish Fought for the Union | America’s Civil War: Why the Irish Fought for the Union
The Irish experience in the Civil War has probably received more attention — and celebration — than that of any other ethnic group. Mention of the Irish commonly conjures up images of the Irish Brigade’s doomed charge at Fredericksburg, of Father William Corby gra... |
818f4148e92d10979126ccdebe6ff5f1 | https://www.historynet.com/americas-disastrous-invasion-of-quebec.htm | America’s Disastrous Invasion of Quebec | America’s Disastrous Invasion of Quebec
George Washington launched a two-pronged invasion of Canada in September 1775 with the goal of bringing the “14th colony” into the revolutionary fold. Initial hopes were high because British General Guy Carleton had been forced to send two of his four regiments south to deal with... |
c1aba4700b19c5993e7a205a3f7376b4 | https://www.historynet.com/an-american-pilot-encounters-the-ghosts-of-buchenwald.htm | An American Pilot Encounters the Ghosts of Buchenwald | An American Pilot Encounters the Ghosts of Buchenwald
Soon after American soldiers liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp on April 4, 1945, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inspected the camp himself. “The things I saw beggar description,” he cabled to Gen. George C. Marshall. “I made the visit deliberately in order to be i... |
bf425374e0cfb060bbcdfe4225dfcfa7 | https://www.historynet.com/an-interactive-guide-to-americas-horse-rescues.htm | An Interactive Guide to America’s Horse Rescues | An Interactive Guide to America’s Horse Rescues
It is estimated that around 170,000 horses are discarded from ownership every year. Many horse owners experience changes in circumstance and are forced to let their beloved equestrian partners go for financial or logistical reasons. Many horses end up without a person to ... |
5a0392a855cffc7327a1e4308245148d | https://www.historynet.com/ancient-uprisings-that-changed-the-world.htm | Ancient Uprisings That Changed the World | Ancient Uprisings That Changed the World
After some 60 Roman senators stabbed Julius Caesar (center, in gold tunic) to death in 44 bc, the Roman Republic’s days were numbered (Vincenzo CAMUCCINI/The Art Archive/Galleria d'Arte Moderna Rome/Collection Dagli Orti).THE WAR LIST
1. Athenian Revolution, 508 BC Protecting de... |
dc1c414cd57fb2879b67a4e41c6452b2 | https://www.historynet.com/andrew-jackson-downing-americas-original-designing-man.htm | Andrew Jackson Downing: America’s Original Designing Man | Andrew Jackson Downing: America’s Original Designing Man
Hudson River horticulturalist created a new home-and-garden style for the new republic
IN MID-19TH CENTURY AMERICA, riverboats ranked high among modes of transport. Building and maintaining heads of steam by burning wood or coal, these vessels worked any river of... |
176060faa3d2752499ebb71c5a1f7435 | https://www.historynet.com/angels-from-above-pioneering-air-evacuation-of-wounded-in-world-war-ii.htm | Angels From Above: Pioneering Air Evacuation of Wounded in World War II | Angels From Above: Pioneering Air Evacuation of Wounded in World War II
Allied special forces units in far-flung theaters used single-engine aircraft to evacuate wounded in World War II, providing a needed boost to the men’s morale.
Special forces came of age during World War II. From Merrill’s Marauders in the U.S. Ar... |
f1dcb9ca8d593f55a0ec6a965d07feda | https://www.historynet.com/archie-donahue-wwii-ace-pilot.htm | Archie Donahue: WWII Ace Pilot | Archie Donahue: WWII Ace Pilot
Major Archie Donahue’s reputation preceded him when he began training a new generation of U.S. Marine pilots to operate the Vought F4U-1D Corsair from aircraft carriers in 1944. At the ripe old age of 26, he was one of the early birds who had fought the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, en... |
b6be93d7aba47ed5cd7a1d395f8c1245 | https://www.historynet.com/armchair-general-letters-readers-july-2013.htm | Armchair General- Letters from Readers July 2013 | Armchair General- Letters from Readers July 2013
Combat Medics: True Heroes
Your March 2013 Dispatches item on The Man Without a Gun painting struck a chord with me. I remember my mother – a World War II WAC company commander on an atoll in the South Pacific – telling us that when the Japanese wounded started shooting ... |
3bb9caf7189d3cdf5709e7049c8279b7 | https://www.historynet.com/army-holder-of-top-three-awards-for-valor-in-combat-robert-lewis-howard.htm | Army Holder of the Top Three Awards for Valor in Combat: Robert Lewis Howard | Army Holder of the Top Three Awards for Valor in Combat: Robert Lewis Howard
Robert Lewis Howard was the consummate warrior. Wounded 14 times in 54 months, he earned eight Purple Hearts and was the only Army member in Vietnam to earn all three top combat decorations: Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross and Silv... |
f89caee95d7bdc4ef45c18277a56a2ae | https://www.historynet.com/arsenal-f-105d-thunderchief.htm | Arsenal | F-105D Thunderchief: One Heavy War Horse | Arsenal | F-105D Thunderchief: One Heavy War Horse
The U.S. Air Force deployed nearly 400 F-105s to Indochina, which flew more than 20,000 missions, accounting for more than 75 percent of all U.S. bombing sorties in the war between July 1965 and November 1972. The vanguard of what would become the largest U.S. aerial a... |
ee80a5db583fe7e2c6a35b78cfba0f94 | https://www.historynet.com/arsenal-infographs-by-gregory-proch-2.htm | Arsenal: Infographs by Gregory Proch | Arsenal: Infographs by Gregory Proch
From the August 2014 issue: America’s Mark 30 ‘Four Deuce’ Mortar Click for larger image America’s Mark 30 ‘Four Deuce’ Mortar
From the September 2014 issue: MiG-21: Hanoi’s Aerial Equalizer Click for larger image MiG-21: Hanoi’s Aerial Equalizer
From the December 2014 issue: Mark 1... |
28791eb70d5df58f7f6f06773b6dc9bd | https://www.historynet.com/arsenal-north-vietnams-mi-6-hook.htm | Arsenal – North Vietnam’s Mi-6 “Hook” | Arsenal – North Vietnam’s Mi-6 “Hook”
Click on image for expanded view. (Illustration by Gregory Proche)
After the North Vietnamese Air Force’s first intercept of U.S. aircraft in April 1965, Hanoi’s leaders feared U.S. bombing strikes on their planes on the ground. Unaware that U.S. Rules of Engagement precluded an im... |
7e74fe9ea4ca4714043ab4cec71f8337 | https://www.historynet.com/art-double-cross.htm | The Art of the Double Cross | The Art of the Double Cross
With an audacious scheme that paired Enigma decrypts with a network of turned enemy spies, Britain pitted Germany against itself throughout the war.
In early 1941, an astonishing idea began to dawn on John Masterman, a British official whose fluent knowledge of German, skill at interrogation... |
47c4a773dfd3500d4fa235ffa66c3b2f | https://www.historynet.com/ask-mhq-any-reason-the-u-s-legion-of-merit-looks-like-the-french-legion-of-honor.htm | Ask MHQ: Any Reason the U.S. Legion of Merit Looks Like the French Legion of Honor? | Ask MHQ: Any Reason the U.S. Legion of Merit Looks Like the French Legion of Honor?
Left: U.S. Legion of Merit; Right: French Légion d’honneur
From the Summer 2010 issue of MHQ
Q: I was struck by the similarity between the French Légion d’honneur worn by Napoleon on the cover of your Fall issue and the U.S. Legion of M... |
9a3177d08a81f9bf9fcec4a8ac703cca | https://www.historynet.com/audie-murphy-one-man-stand-at-holtzwihr.htm | Audie Murphy: One-Man Stand at Holtzwihr | Audie Murphy: One-Man Stand at Holtzwihr
On a frigid January afternoon in 1945, Company B, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, was attacked on the outskirts of Holtzwihr, France, by six tanks and an estimated 250 German infantrymen, who were determined to wrest the Bois de Riedwihr from the Americans. Certain that hi... |
6bb97083d8baafffcf3a07a3d85d5f74 | https://www.historynet.com/audio-how-the-postal-service-helped-create-the-united-states.htm | Audio: How The Postal Service Helped Create The United States | Audio: How The Postal Service Helped Create The United States
Winifred Gallagher, author of “How the Post Office Created America: A History”, explains how the Post Office helped establishing America even before the Declaration of Independence.
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f0bd2a79d8c96b07bb891b2d24586259 | https://www.historynet.com/audio-the-day-patton-almost-died-historian-on-pershings-warriors-in-wwi.htm | Audio: The Day Patton Almost Died- Historian On Pershing’s Warriors In WWI | Audio: The Day Patton Almost Died- Historian On Pershing’s Warriors In WWI
Mitchell Yockelson describes the relationship between Pershing and Patton during World War I and the events of September 26, 1918 at Meuse-Argonne when Patton is shot in battle. Yockelson is the author of ‘Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing’s Warrio... |
ae124cf39017bed3871b0f46c4449e2d | https://www.historynet.com/audiobook-review-all-about-the-burger.htm | Audiobook Review | How America’s Most Favorite Sandwich Got Its Start | Audiobook Review | How America’s Most Favorite Sandwich Got Its Start
All About the Burger: A History of America’s Favorite Sandwich by Sef Gonzalez
Read by Matthew Boston, with the recording produced by Tantor Audio
Reviewed by Ryan Paul Winn
Focusing as much on customer experience as menu, author Sef Gonzalez serves... |
911a51be920c028d7f8eed335eef3f3a | https://www.historynet.com/audiobook-review-nikola-tesla-the-father-of-modern-technology.htm | Audiobook Review | Nikola Tesla: The Father of Modern Technology | Audiobook Review | Nikola Tesla: The Father of Modern Technology
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern by Richard Munson
Read by Charles Constant, with the recording produced by Highbridge Audio.
Reviewed by Ryan Paul Winn
Nikola Tesla was a prophet and a pariah—equally prone to dazzling peers and rankling investors. Relying ... |
4e3eb470fb4aec0a7b0b4917e5416ae6 | https://www.historynet.com/augustin-leon-guillaumes-goums-in-a-modern-war.htm | Augustin-Leon Guillaume’s Goums in a Modern War | Augustin-Leon Guillaume’s Goums in a Modern War
From the very first days of its official protectorate over Morocco in 1912, France found itself faced with myriad serious problems. The country, in the northwest corner of Africa, was a wild, virtually ungovernable land, split by towering mountain ranges and nominally rul... |
5dff9377b5b52016f05e247667d27ccc | https://www.historynet.com/aussie-hero-in-americans-war-keith-payne.htm | Aussie Hero in America’s War: Keith Payne | Aussie Hero in America’s War: Keith Payne
The Victoria Cross, established in 1856, is the British Commonwealth’s highest decoration for combat valor, every bit the equivalent of the American Medal of Honor. During the Vietnam War the Victoria Cross was awarded to four Australian soldiers, two of them posthumously. One ... |
6ad5ea305ee07597b850d85c47a095e4 | https://www.historynet.com/author-matthew-p-mayo.htm | Author Matthew P. Mayo | Author Matthew P. Mayo
New England native Matthew P. Mayo has long been fascinated with the history of the American West. He expresses that well in his books, from his Spur Award–winning novel Tucker’s Reckoning to his popular nonfiction works, including Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears; Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers ... |
ba6a8f35023e7166a64c39471503cbc6 | https://www.historynet.com/aviation-history-book-review-boeing-complete-story.htm | Aviation History Book Review: Boeing- The Complete Story | Aviation History Book Review: Boeing- The Complete Story
Boeing: The Complete Story
by Alain Pelletier, Quayside Publishing, Minneapolis, Minn., 2010, $44.95.
Boeing is the largest aerospace company in the United States and one of the key players in the aerospace industry throughout the world. Renowned worldwide for it... |
25d497f5935f138752fdc2a3ea618f4b | https://www.historynet.com/aviation-history-book-review-fly-fight.htm | To Fly and Fight | To Fly and Fight
To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace
by U.S. Air Force Colonel Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson (ret.), with Joseph P. Hamelin
Sometimes you finish reading a memoir wishing that you knew the author better. With Bud Anderson’s brilliant To Fly and Fight, you finish feeling that you already know him—and e... |
c6aea2f7b7130f9c72b45bd4f2a7ae97 | https://www.historynet.com/aviation-history-book-review-god-is-my-co-pilot.htm | Aviation History Book Review: God is My Co-Pilot | Aviation History Book Review: God is My Co-Pilot
God is My Co-Pilot: by Col. Robert L. Scott, 1943.
I grew up hearing stories about the air war in China. During World War II, my father was an aircraft electrical systems mechanic in Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s Fourteenth Air Force. My father knew and worked on the a... |
7c8c61618c64bc285f221fdd2afa439f | https://www.historynet.com/aviation-history-interview-with-world-war-ii-soviet-ace-ivan-kozhedub.htm | Aviation History: Interview with World War II Soviet Ace Ivan Kozhedub | Aviation History: Interview with World War II Soviet Ace Ivan Kozhedub
Air Marshal Ivan Kozhedub was one of only two Soviet fighter pilots to be awarded the Gold Star of a Hero of the Soviet Union three times during World War II. The other, Aleksandr Pokryshkin, had flown from the German invasion in the summer of 1941 ... |
472fdd0dbc82aaa10859422059630ef9 | https://www.historynet.com/b-26b-marauder-american-bomber-in-world-war-ii.htm | The B-26 Marauder: World War II Medium Bomber | The B-26 Marauder: World War II Medium Bomber
On April 17, 1945, Flak-Bait’s 200th mission was leading the entire 322nd Bombardment Group on a mission to bomb Magdeburg, Germany.
Employees of the Glenn L. Martin Company rolled the B-26B Marauder that would soon be dubbed Flak-Bait off the Baltimore production line on A... |
799bbed55a291f32aa065bb6d76d200f | https://www.historynet.com/baltimore-ohio-railroad-the-unions-most-important-supply-line.htm | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: The Union’s Most Important Supply Line | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: The Union’s Most Important Supply Line
Cannons, generals and soldiers were unquestionably critical components of the Union war effort, but another piece of the puzzle was the Yankees’ ability to use railroads to quickly move everything from hardtack to siege artillery to points where they wer... |
d251b15c8696e001dd0d1ff0d276a10d | https://www.historynet.com/baltimore-riot-of-1861.htm | Baltimore Riot of 1861 | Baltimore Riot of 1861
Bullets vs. Bricks in Baltimore A mob out for blood clashed with troops en route to Washington
Armed with bricks, boards and sticks, pro-Southern Baltimoreans attack Union soldiers headed to Washington, D. C. Library of Congress.
On the afternoon of April 18, 1861, Baltimore Mayor George W. Brown... |
4e37e1fdf5d35ed5a1effe004a68de6a | https://www.historynet.com/bankrolling-the-battle-of-yorktown.htm | Bankrolling the Battle of Yorktown | Bankrolling the Battle of Yorktown
Gold and silver from Havana allowed American troops to trap Lord Cornwallis and his army, shown here surrendering at Yorktown after a 21-day siege. (John Trumbull/Architect of The Capitol)
IN JULY 1781, ON A WARSHIP anchored off Santo Domingo, two men met to devise a plan that would u... |
0b7ac7c707772268214d034df05a1161 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-creek-texas-where-surveyors-fought-like-soldiers.htm | Battle Creek, Texas – Where Surveyors Fought Like Soldiers | Battle Creek, Texas – Where Surveyors Fought Like Soldiers
Early Texas Rangers used weapons similar to these. The surveyors from the Texas Republic town of Franklin were armed but were more adept with compasses than with firearms.
Badly outnumbered and surrounded by mounted warriors, the surveyors had no choice but to ... |
da89c961df3bf2cabaec62cccfb6e4b8 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-aboukir-bay.htm | Battle of Aboukir Bay | Battle of Aboukir Bay
When General Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Mamelukes at the Battle of the Pyramids on July 21, 1798, he carried out only the first move in a complicated game. He was now the master of Egypt and in a matter of hours would occupy Cairo. That, however, was not the main object of this mission. The c... |
5a6351e972f781767c262882629dec5d | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-actium.htm | Battle of Actium | Battle of Actium
The sea at the mouth of the strait was filled with ships both large and small, vying with one another for room to fight. Flaming missiles shot between them, filling the sky with thick black smoke. Smaller vessels taunted the larger, heavier ships, their crewmen determined to attack despite the spears a... |
8c6a9c1d3eece00a674b44485b21094e | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-antietam-carnage-in-a-cornfield.htm | Battle of Antietam: Carnage in a Cornfield | Battle of Antietam: Carnage in a Cornfield
On Sunday night, September 14, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee issued orders for his much scattered commands to rally at Sharpsburg, Maryland. His ambitious plans to cut the railroad bridge near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, had been thwarted by Major General George McClel... |
75413278bfac608572182f22198168c7 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-atlantic-laconia.htm | GLOVES OFF: The Battle of The Atlantic | GLOVES OFF: The Battle of The Atlantic
WHEN THE BATTLE of the Atlantic—the war’s longest campaign and history’s most destructive naval campaign—finally ended, more than 3,000 merchant ships had been sunk and more than 30,000 seamen killed. On the Axis side, some 27,000 officers and crew, 75 percent of those who fought ... |
c2722e18ffe77530965a7e34e402a13a | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-bataan-brigadier-general-clyde-a-selleck-commands-the-layac-line.htm | Battle of Bataan: Brigadier General Clyde A. Selleck Commands the Layac Line | Battle of Bataan: Brigadier General Clyde A. Selleck Commands the Layac Line
When the Japanese invaded the Philippine Islands on December 22, 1941, the untrained Philippine Army troops assigned to beach defense collapsed. After U.S. General Douglas MacArthur had withdrawn his army down the island of Luzon’s central pla... |
abe768072d677e66882d5d7e9ec48f64 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-brandywine.htm | Battle of Brandywine | Battle of Brandywine
Sunrise was masked by thick fog that hung shroudlike over the city of Philadelphia on September 11, 1777. Shortly before 8 o’clock that morning, the people who had gathered in tight knots in the streets, squares and around public buildings heard distant thunder. It lasted until nearly noon, then ce... |
10e4a3e0f16de87f5211466c9613b47e | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-chalons-attila-the-hun-versus-flavius-aetius.htm | Battle of Chalons: Attila the Hun Versus Flavius Aetius | Battle of Chalons: Attila the Hun Versus Flavius Aetius
When Emperor Valens was informed by a messenger in ad 376 that the Danube River, the eastern frontier of the Western Roman Empire, was being threatened by swarms of Goths, it must have come as a shock. This was not a normal invading force, but a whole nation on th... |
4863821a89fd449da65639887004c058 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm | Battle of Dien Bien Phu | Battle of Dien Bien Phu
This article by the late Bernard B. Fall is an account of one of the most significant battles to take place in Vietnam. A conflict between Communist Viet Minh forces and a French-established garrison, it occurred in a town called ‘Seat of the Border County Prefecture or, in Vietnamese, Dien Bien... |
373d6141bacd4412bba25b168d07d4ad | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-fishers-hill.htm | Battle of Fisher’s Hill | Battle of Fisher’s Hill
Account of the Battle Of Fisher’s Hill, a Civil War Battle during the American Civil War
Battle Of Fisher’s Hill Summary Location Strasburg, Virginia Dates September 21-22, 1864 Commanders Union: Philip H. Sheridan Confederate: Jubal A. Early Soldiers Engaged Union Army: 30,000 Confederate Army:... |
438f266525c31e2e8b5685ce74c82c91 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-hurtgen-forest.htm | Battle of Hurtgen Forest | Battle of Hurtgen Forest
By September 1944, the Allied offensive in Western Europe had swept from the Normandy beaches all the way to the West Wall, or Siegfried Line, the formidable defensive position along the German border consisting of concrete bunkers fronted by antitank obstacles. Anxious to move quickly through... |
2506655f44c5af865fc0054ba97594a6 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-iwo-jima.htm | ‘In for One Hell of a Time’: Bloody Sacrifice at the Battle of Iwo Jima | ‘In for One Hell of a Time’: Bloody Sacrifice at the Battle of Iwo Jima
The Japanese defending Iwo Jima on D-day displayed superb tactical discipline. As Lieutenant Colonel Justus M. “Jumpin’ Joe” Chambers led his 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, across the first terrace on the right flank of the landing beaches, he encoun... |
147d2c4dbf386b99c75859683124ce14 | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-kursk-germanys-lost-victory-in-world-war-ii.htm | Battle of Kursk: Germany’s Lost Victory in World War II | Battle of Kursk: Germany’s Lost Victory in World War II
Following their disastrous defeat at Stalingrad during the winter of 1942-43, the German armed forces launched a climactic offensive in the East known as Operation Citadel on July 4,1943. The climax of Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk, involved as many as 6,... |
7840182b9d5813bebb1eb718d078b97d | https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-little-bighorn-were-the-weapons-the-deciding-factor.htm | Battle of Little Bighorn: Were the Weapons the Deciding Factor | Battle of Little Bighorn: Were the Weapons the Deciding Factor
It may be that the Battle of the Little Bighorn is the most written about subject in American history. For more than 120 years, people have speculated about how Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and five companies of the 7th Cavalry were overwhelmed in so... |
d7939c8cc177b534ba3a46766abba7f6 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Quebec-Act | Quebec Act | Quebec Act
Quebec Act, act of the British Parliament in 1774 that vested the government of Quebec in a governor and council and preserved the French Civil Code, the seigneurial system of land tenure, and the Roman Catholic Church. The act was an attempt to deal with major questions that had arisen during the attempt t... |
eb69b12d0cd90ca55579f4e9cb5f161b | https://www.britannica.com/event/Ragnarok | Ragnarök | Ragnarök
Ragnarök, (Old Norse: “Doom of the Gods”), in Scandinavian mythology, the end of the world of gods and men. The Ragnarök is fully described only in the Icelandic poem Völuspá (“Sibyl’s Prophecy”), probably of the late 10th century, and in the 13th-century Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (d. 1241), which large... |
2042f81a660b0a988502139a063720db | https://www.britannica.com/event/Raid-on-the-Medway | Raid on the Medway | Raid on the Medway
Raid on the Medway, (12–14 June 1667). The Dutch raid on the dockyards in the Medway in 1667 was one of the deepest humiliations ever visited upon England and the Royal Navy. Although the material losses inflicted were grave, even more painful was the public proof that the English were powerless to... |
197df696a313517df51e3267d6d8eb0b | https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history | Reconstruction | Reconstruction
Reconstruction, in U.S. history, the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had... |
4f86ac4bb90956b681e6de42f8026cfa | https://www.britannica.com/event/Revolution-of-1868 | Revolution of 1868 | Revolution of 1868
The revolution that led to the dethronement of Isabella was the work of army oligarchs led by Francisco Serrano y Domínguez and Progressive conspirators behind Prim. The Democrats became active in setting up juntas after the revolution;…
…to her deposition in the Revolution of 1868.
…whose defeat in ... |
5cf1353fde08b0c952ac88a20441e8a5 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Risorgimento | Risorgimento | Risorgimento
Risorgimento, (Italian: “Rising Again”), 19th-century movement for Italian unification that culminated in the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The Risorgimento was an ideological and literary movement that helped to arouse the national consciousness of the Italian people, and it led to a se... |
abd8f83776633df44aad1240fe2bc1ef | https://www.britannica.com/event/Roemer-v-Board-of-Public-Works-of-Maryland | Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland | Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland
Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 21, 1976, upheld a Maryland state law that had authorized the disbursement of public funds to religiously affiliated institutions of higher education that did not award “primarily... |
bc1f405a2a5d070a152d13478e75fb02 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Roosevelt-Corollary | Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt Corollary, foreign policy declaration by U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in 1904–05 stating that, in cases of flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country’s internal affairs. Roosevelt’s assertion of hemispheric police power ... |
76a76769ed543e291e5a285af861470a | https://www.britannica.com/event/Roswell-incident | Roswell incident | Roswell incident
Roswell incident, events surrounding the crash and recovery of a U.S. Army Air Forces high-altitude balloon in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico, which became the centre of a conspiracy theory involving UFOs and extraterrestrials. The U.S. military fostered the intrigue by initially claiming that the reco... |
130e361722715e53b4282742d09bdc00 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Rush-Bagot-Agreement | Rush–Bagot Agreement | Rush–Bagot Agreement
Rush–Bagot Agreement, (1817), exchange of notes between Richard Rush, acting U.S. secretary of state, and Charles Bagot, British minister to the United States, that provided for the limitation of naval forces on the Great Lakes in the wake of the War of 1812. Each country was allowed no more than ... |
458d88ae7bbf6d3ecbb532cdacc7809c | https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Civil-War | Russian Civil War | Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War, (1918–20), conflict in which the Red Army successfully defended the newly formed Bolshevik government led by Vladimir I. Lenin against various Russian and interventionist anti-Bolshevik armies.
Russia’s disastrous performance in World War I was one of the primary causes of the Russ... |
afd978c54152bd7e964b13949123e10f | https://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Polish-War-1919-1920 | Russo-Polish War | Russo-Polish War
Russo-Polish War, also called Polish-Soviet War, (1919–20), military conflict between Soviet Russia and Poland. It was the result of the German defeat in World War I, Polish nationalism sparked by the re-creation of an independent Polish state, and the Bolsheviks’ determination to carry the gains they... |
6130851ae2604e1bc0810e518dcacae6 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Sack-of-Constantinople-1204 | Sack of Constantinople | Sack of Constantinople
Sack of Constantinople, (April 1204). The diversion of the Fourth Crusade from the Holy Land to attack, capture, and pillage the Byzantine city of Constantinople divided and dissipated the efforts of the Christians to maintain the war against the Muslims. It is widely regarded as a shocking betr... |
2e216676142433d49b6c992a4db6292c | https://www.britannica.com/event/Salt-March | Salt March | Salt March
Salt March, also called Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha, major nonviolent protest action in India led by Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi in March–April 1930. The march was the first act in an even-larger campaign of civil disobedience (satyagraha) Gandhi waged against British rule in India that extended into early... |
96e499312ddad5f33d35d0576e40f1e1 | https://www.britannica.com/event/San-Francisco-earthquake-of-1906 | San Francisco earthquake of 1906 | San Francisco earthquake of 1906
San Francisco earthquake of 1906, major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 that occurred on April 18, 1906, at 5:12 am off the northern California coast. The San Andreas Fault slipped along a segment about 270 miles (430 km) long, extending from San Juan Bautista in San Benito county t... |
061086450e7cbe878c7b36a4146a9f41 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Schleswig-Holstein-question | Schleswig-Holstein question | Schleswig-Holstein question
Schleswig-Holstein question, 19th-century controversy between Denmark, Prussia, and Austria over the status of Schleswig and Holstein. At this time the population of Schleswig was Danish in its northern portion, German in the south, and mixed in the northern towns and centre. The population... |
ba4bfcc1f546ab63332c70699c6680ac | https://www.britannica.com/event/Schlieffen-Plan | Schlieffen Plan | Schlieffen Plan
Schlieffen Plan, battle plan first proposed in 1905 by Alfred, Graf (count) von Schlieffen, chief of the German general staff, that was designed to allow Germany to wage a successful two-front war. The plan was heavily modified by Schlieffen’s successor, Helmuth von Moltke, prior to and during its impl... |
5c661a0e6dbb70c6351967c98a6ca04c | https://www.britannica.com/event/Schmalkaldic-League | Schmalkaldic League | Schmalkaldic League
Schmalkaldic League, German Schmalkaldischer Bund, during the Reformation, a defensive alliance formed by Protestant territories of the Holy Roman Empire to defend themselves collectively against any attempt to enforce the recess of the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, which gave the Protestant territorie... |
5a26df683eaa069c959a511882565146 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Schuman-Plan | Schuman Plan | Schuman Plan
Schuman Plan, proposal by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950, for the creation of a single authority to control the production of steel and coal in France and West Germany (now Germany), to be opened for membership to other European countries. The proposal was realized in the European C... |
7769910e4da6dc15d5d5ca1f06a16589 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Seattle-WTO-protests-of-1999 | Seattle WTO protests of 1999 | Seattle WTO protests of 1999
Seattle WTO protests of 1999, in full Seattle World Trade Organization protests of 1999, also called Battle of Seattle, a series of marches, direct actions, and protests carried out from November 28 through December 3, 1999, that disrupted the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Con... |
460cb6e1ba493212c14ba3bb74c78735 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Battle-of-Bull-Run-1862 | Second Battle of Bull Run | Second Battle of Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run, also called Second Battle of Manassas or Second Manassas, (August 29–30, 1862), in the American Civil War, the second of two engagements fought at a small stream named Bull Run, near Manassas in northern Virginia. (Civil War battles often had one name in the North, ... |
d4270ffb45c82fde4b89a940e21e2f88 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Battle-of-Tripoli-Harbor | Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor | Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor
Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor, U.S. blockade and attack on Tripoli, Libya, part of the larger Tripolitan War, (1801–05). Pirates based in the ports of the Muslim north African coast were a serious threat to international shipping in the Mediterranean in the early nineteenth century. ... |
eb4d2ecc3b5342c9348fabece1d46f53 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Jewish-Revolt | Second Jewish Revolt | Second Jewish Revolt
Second Jewish Revolt, (ad 132–135), Jewish rebellion against Roman rule in Judaea. The revolt was preceded by years of clashes between Jews and Romans in the area. Finally, in ad 132, the misrule of Tinnius Rufus, the Roman governor of Judaea, combined with the emperor Hadrian’s intention to found... |
76edcf1c2193ee6a10150068a8fe1759 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Kappel-War | Second Kappel War | Second Kappel War
…October 1531 they suddenly declared war against Zürich. Zürich’s hastily raised troops, under Jörg Göldli, were defeated in the Battle of Kappel (Oct. 11, 1531), and Zürich’s Protestant leader, Huldrych Zwingli, was killed. The second Peace of Kappel (Nov. 24, 1531) upheld the claims of Roman Catholi... |
d6bdad403ef4ae68474a9aba15323827 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Seminole-War | Second Seminole War | Second Seminole War
Second Seminole War, conflict (1835–42) that arose when the United States undertook to force the Seminole Indians to move from a reservation in central Florida to the Creek reservation west of the Mississippi River. It was the longest of the wars of Indian removal.
Following the end of the First Se... |
330715082e13a069b3d97933b7cb2462 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Sino-Japanese-War | Second Sino-Japanese War | Second Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War, (1937–45), conflict that broke out when China began a full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory (which had begun in 1931). The war, which remained undeclared until December 9, 1941, may be divided into three phases: a period of rapi... |
adde383fd5fd23dda9f1b70877ae01f4 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Sino-Japanese-War/Stalemate | Stalemate | Stalemate
During the stalemate phase of the war, beginning in 1939, Japan tried to subdue Chinese resistance by blockade. China’s main seaports were occupied, from the south to the north. In at least one, Foochow (Fuzhou), the occupation was only intermittent, but in most of them it was continuous. When, in 1940, Franc... |
12139114427ae32c1a66fd59bf8acf91 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Vatican-Council | Second Vatican Council | Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council, also called Vatican II, (1962–65), 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, announced by Pope John XXIII on January 25, 1959, as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in a search for Christia... |
cb0131941b8b1078f1bde328661bbb00 | https://www.britannica.com/event/September-11-attacks | September 11 attacks | September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. The attack... |
616f569cd85261b9c8b71c6c5a25381a | https://www.britannica.com/event/September-30th-Movement | September 30th Movement | September 30th Movement
September 30th Movement, group of Indonesian military personnel who captured and murdered six generals in 1965, marking the commencement of the abortive coup that led to the fall from power of Sukarno, Indonesia’s first president.
Late in the evening on Sept. 30, 1965, a group of army conspirat... |
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