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The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo was the site of the most prominent siege of the Balkan wars that attended Yugoslavia’s disintegration in the early 1990s. On April 6, 1992, Serb forces began shelling the city from hillside positions and occupied several neighborhoods. Given the city’s poor defenses, few imagined the siege would last some three …
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Exercise 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 MoreA Knife in the Vitals: Omaha BeachA green lieutenant and a battle-hardened sergeant led the first Americans to fight their way off bloody Omaha Beach. The 32 men in the first boat section of E Company, 16th Infantr… Read MoreOverlooked 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 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 More
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