Today in War History
· 634, Siege of Damascus ends
· 1356, Battle of Poitiers
· 1777, First Battle of Saratoga
· 1870, Siege of Paris begins
· 1940, Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured
· 1944, Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins
Featured
‘Area 52’ Veterans Call Out US Government for Refusing to Acknowledge Health Issues Caused By Radiation Exposure
· INTERVIEW: William Sturkey Discusses His New Book About MoH Recipient and War Hero Roy Benavidez
· History’s Best Admirals Ruled Over the High Seas and Forever Changed Naval Warfare
· INTERVIEW: Undersea Salvage Expert Curt Newport Talks About His Involvement in the Searches for Challenger and USS Indianapolis
Guest Authors
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda
· The British Army Took Over the Village of Tyneham to Prepare for D-Day
· Museum Releases Promotional Booklet Ahead of ‘The Third Man’ Film Anniversary
· St. Ermin’s Hotel: The London Hotel Favorited By Spies
World War 2
· MoH Recipient Richard M. McCool, Jr. Ignored His Own Injuries to Rally His Men After a Kamikaze Attack
· World War II-Era Shipwrecks Re-Emerge From the Depths of Danube River
· North American Release Date Revealed for Pierce Brosnan WWII Movie ‘The Last Rifleman’
· Netflix Releasing Kerry Washington-Led Film About 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
· Second Sino-Japanese War: The ‘Asian Holocaust’ That Witnessed Some of History’s Most Horrific War Crimes
American Civil War
Over 160 Years After Being Executed By the Confederates, Two Union Soldiers Receive the Medal of Honor
· In Photos: Burying the Hatchet at the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
· Cannonballs, Sword Dating Back to American Civil War Discovered in South Carolina River
· 111-Year-Old Time Capsule Could Be Buried Beneath Confederate Memorial At Arlington National Cemetery
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