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On a frigid day in February 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Tennessee. That victory, combined with Grant’s success in reducing Fort Henry on the Tennessee River a week earlier, brought the general’s name into the national headlines and more importantly opened the state …
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Overlooked Overseer: Frederick E. MorganA forgotten British general built the plan that brought Operation Overlord to fruition. NEVER IN HISTORY HAD so great a mission begun under such unusual circumstances. Frederick E.… Read MoreExercise in Tragedy: Practice for the D-Day LandingsReady to give their all on D-Day, hundreds of GIs and sailors lost their lives rehearsing for the landings. In at least one respect, the name Slapton Sands is a misnomer. There is … Read MoreDaily Quiz for February 16, 2017Byzantium was an early name of this large metropolis.
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… Read MoreFog of War: Aerial Combat in the Aleutian IslandsThe Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carriers in heavy seas, steaming into the wind 180 miles south of the American naval Ryūjō and Junyō were base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, as… Read MoreBook Review: The Burning ShoreThe Burning Shore: How Hitler’s U-Boats Brought World War II to America By Ed Offley. 288 pp. Basic, 2014. $27.99. In June 1942, flames leapt into the air and black smoke from the … Read More
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