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With the Second World War over in Europe, Allied leaders grappled with how to respond to the crimes committed by the defeated regime.
A story of survivability and silent reach told through the crews who vanish beneath the waves and the adversaries they deter.
A story of small ships on lonely stations, taking the worst hits so the Okinawa invasion could hold together under fire.
A story of reach, endurance, and compromise told through the crews who rode these lean escorts along the Cold War’s front-line sea lanes.
A story of Green Berets on horseback, precision airpower overhead, and how a fragile alliance helped topple a regime in weeks.
In the wooded hills of north Georgia, the Western Theater saw its own grim test when Union and Confederate armies collided along Chickamauga Creek.
On November 9th, 1989, the emblem of Cold War division in Europe suddenly became porous.
By early 1962, American involvement in Vietnam was still officially described in terms of advisors, but the character of that involvement was already changing. On January 12th, 1962, Operation Chopper saw United States Army helicopters lift South Vietnamese troops into action against insurgent forces near Saigon. The mission may have seemed modest at the time, but it showcased the emerging doctrine of air mobility, u
On December 16th, 1998, American and British forces began a four-day air and missile campaign against Iraqi targets known as Operation Desert Fox.
Less than a year after USS Cole, the attacks of September 11th, 2001 brought the war on terror fully into view.
Another November 8th, separated by two decades, found American paratroopers pushing through thick jungle rather than surf.
A story of a fast, hard night strike to remove a dictator and reshape the balance of power in a vital crossroads of the Americas.
In the early hours of December 20th, 1989, American forces launched Operation Just Cause, a large joint operation to remove Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega and secure key sites.
On December 18th, 1972, United States bombers and supporting aircraft began a concentrated air offensive often known as the “Christmas bombing” of North Vietnam.
A story of a bold airborne gamble, a narrow road north, and the bridges that proved just one too many.
Two days after the Peleliu landings, American paratroopers were jumping over the Netherlands as part of an ambitious Allied plan to seize a route across major rivers into Germany.
On November 8th, 1942, the United States undertook its first major offensive in the European–North African theater of the Second World War.
A story of a rushed island invasion, scrambled coordination, and the troops who made it work anyway.