Bunker Hill: The Battle That Proved Militia Could Stand and Fight
Colonel William Prescott gave his amateur militia an order that ran against every instinct of a...
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Shiloh: The Battle That Revealed the War’s True Scale
Ulysses S. Grant commanded the winning side at Shiloh, yet he later wrote that the battle changed...
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The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Desperate Gamble in the Ardennes
In December 1944, American soldiers in the Ardennes Forest faced two enemies at once: a massive...
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Berlin: The Battle That Ended the Third Reich
The spot where Adolf Hitler took his own life as his empire collapsed around him is today an...
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Tannenberg: The Battle That Crushed Russia’s Invasion of East Prussia
The Russian army broadcast its battle plans in the clear, uncoded, over the open airwaves, and the...
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Amiens: The Battle That Began Germany’s Final Collapse
For weeks beforehand, Allied commanders went to extraordinary lengths to make sure the Germans...
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Vimy Ridge: The Battle That Forged a Nation’s Identity
Before a single shot was fired in the real attack, Canadian soldiers had already fought the battle...
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Adwa: The Battle That Kept Ethiopia Free From Colonial Rule
During the era when European powers carved up nearly the entire African continent among...
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Rorke’s Drift: The Legendary Defense That Redeemed a Disaster
No single action in the history of the British Army has ever produced more Victoria Crosses than...
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Second Battle of Canton (1841): The $6 Million Ransom That Broke Qing Resistance
In the weeks after British forces stormed the forts guarding Canton in May 1841, the Qing Imperial...
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