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Update to 8 May at Historyofwar.org
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American Admirals of the Second World War, Missile Systems and RAF and
RCAF squadron histories this week
Raymond Spruance was one of the most important American naval
commanders of the Second World War, taking command of the American
carriers part of the way through the battle of Midway and then going... more »
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Update to 25 April at HistoryofWar.org
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This week we look at the Panzer III Medium Tank, and a series of
Spanish battles of the Peninsular War
Panzer III Medium Tank
The Panzer III Medium Tank was the main German battle tank for the
first two and a half years of the Second World War, only beginning to
lose that status after the appearance of the Panzer IV Ausf F2 in... more »
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Update to 18 April 2008 at HistoryofWar.org
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A double update today, which includes a set of Second World War
biographies, more in our series of RAF Squadron histories and a big
increase in our coverage of the Peninsular War
ARMOURED WARFARE
The Vickers Archer tank destroyer came about because of a need to make
the 17 pounder anti tank gun more mobile. Designed as a stop gap... more »
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Update to 4 April at HistoryofWar.org
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SECOND BRITISH SIEGE OF BADAJOZ
The second British siege of Badajoz of 19 May-17 June 1811 was little
more successful than the first siege, which had only lasted for one
week before Marshal Beresford had been forced to lift the siege
[link]... more »
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Update to 7 March 2008
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This week we add a biography of General Westmoreland, and more
articles on the Peninsular War
General Westmoreland is without doubt the most famous US General who
served during the Vietnam War.
[link]
The combat of Mora of 18 February 1809 was an inconclusive clash... more »
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Recent Book Reviews at HistoryofWar.org
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The Shropshire Lads, Graham Holbrook.
This is a very entertaining historical novel set in and around the
trenches of the Western Front during the First World War. The book
follows a group of Shropshire volunteers from the pre-war period,
through training, into combat in the trenches and then into a classic... more »
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Update to 29 February at HistoryofWar.org
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We begin the week with a greatly expanded article on the battle of
Baugé, a Scottish victory during the Hundred Years War, but one that
was fought on French soil, before moving on to add seventeen new
articles on the Peninsular War
[link]
Sir John Steward, lord of Darnley, was a member of a distant cadet... more »
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Update to 23 February 2008
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This week we complete our look at the fighting around Dunkirk with
three biographies, articles on the fighting at Boulogne and Calais and
the evacuations from Havre and the north west of France. We also
continue our series on German tanks with a look at the Panzer II Light
Tank.
PANZER II
The Panzer II Light Tank was the second German tank to enter mass... more »
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Update to 16 February at HistoryofWar.org
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Operation Dynamo
Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk of 27 May-4 June 1940,
is one of the most celebrated military events in British history, and
yet it was the direct result of one of the most crushing defeats
suffered by the British army. Over nine days nearly 300,000 men from
the BEF were evacuated from Dunkirk, an action that allowed Britain to... more »
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Update to 1 February 2008 at HistoryofWar.org
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This week we officially launch our day-by-day history of the Second
World War, which now contains 5,182 facts covering all but a tiny
handful of the 2,214 days between the German invasion of Poland and
the Japanese surrender on Hong Kong.
[link]... more »
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