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Daniel Maclise’s murals of Waterloo and Trafalgar dramatically illustrate the sacrifices of war. For nearly 150 years, British politicians have filed past two massive murals lining the walls of the Royal Gallery in the Houses of Parliament. Painted by Daniel Maclise, a brilliant Irish portraitist working in London in the mid-19th century, they were commissioned …
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Voices from Iwo JimaVeterans’ reminiscences recall the fear, courage, and—yes—humor they brought to the legendary battle in the Pacific. February 19, 1945, dawned bleak but manageable. That morning ne… Read MoreShe Also Served“What the hell are we supposed to do with them?” thundered one American army major in 1942, an all-too-typical reaction to the unprecedented flood of tens of thousands of women eag… Read MoreWhat if: the Japanese high command had refused to surrenderBy the summer of 1945, Japan had, by every reasonable standard, lost the war. The American juggernaut had destroyed its navy, breached its island defenses, choked its economy, and … Read MoreWWII Today- July 2008‘Lost Fleet’ of U-boats Located in the Black Sea For Rudolf Arendt, captain of the German submarine U-23, the situation must have been unbearable. It was August 1944, and Arendt’s … Read MoreSeeing Ghosts in a Martyred French VillageFrance is a pretty country full of pretty little villages. But Oradour- sur-Glane is not pretty. On June 10, 1944, the 2nd Waffen SS Panzer Division Das Reich, 1st Battalion, storm… Read More
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