Mogadishu: The Battle That Inspired Black Hawk Down
Two Delta Force snipers watched a wounded helicopter pilot burning to death in his crash site,...
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Modern Conflicts
Dien Bien Phu: The Siege That Ended French Rule in Indochina
French military planners chose the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu because its surrounding hills...
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Chosin Reservoir: The Frozen Battle That Became a Legendary Breakout
Some of the Marines who fought at the Chosin Reservoir in the winter of 1950 later said the cold...
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Fallujah: The Battle That Defined Urban Warfare in Iraq
Dr. Ahmed Ghanim had already performed amputations far outside his own specialty, working with...
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Khe Sanh: The Siege That Gripped a Nation
In the White House Situation Room in early 1968, aides wheeled in a large scale model of a remote...
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