T-50
T-50 — Soviet Union. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
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Hawaii becomes the 50th state
After years as a United States territory and a key overseas outpost, Hawaii formally entered the Union as the fiftieth state on August 21st, 1959. Long before that date, the islands had already become central to American strategy in the Pacific, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the vast network of airfields and naval bases that supported World War II operations.
AMX-50
AMX-50 — France. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
Legacy: Iran’s 50-Year Descent
Legacy: Iran’s 50-Year Descent. Dispatch Audio Edition — open the episode listing and listening link.
Battle of Shiloh
At Pittsburg Landing along the Tennessee River, Confederate forces struck the encamped Union Army of the Tennessee in a surprise attack that opened one of the Civil War’s first truly massive battles. General Ulysses S. Grant’s troops had been gathering for an advance deeper into the Confederate heartland when General Albert Sidney Johnston launched a dawn assault.
Continental Army enters winter camp at Valley Forge
On this day the Continental Army trudged into winter quarters at Valley Forge, west of Philadelphia, after a bruising campaign season.
Death of General George S. Patton
On December 21st, 1945, General George S.
Eisenhower approves Patton’s turn toward Bastogne
On December 19th, 1944, senior Allied commanders met to assess the Ardennes crisis, and General Dwight D.
First national Decoration Day
Three years after major Confederate armies surrendered, the scars of the Civil War still marked towns and families across the reunited country. On May 30th, 1868, mourners gathered at Arlington National Cemetery and other burial grounds to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers, flags, and wreaths. The observances followed a general order from a veterans’ organization calling for a national “Decoration Day”
First War Powers Act signed
Less than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 18th, 1941, the First War Powers Act dramatically expanded the president’s authority to direct the national war effort.
German Ardennes offensive begins
On December 16th, 1944, German forces launched a surprise offensive through the forests of the Ardennes, striking thinly held American lines in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Great White Fleet departs Hampton Roads
On December 16th, 1907, a column of gleaming white-painted American battleships steamed out of Hampton Roads to begin a world cruise that would last more than a year.
John C. Sjogren
The ridge near San Jose Hacienda rose steep and stubborn out of the jungle, a wall of earth and rock that dominated the valley floor. Somewhere up there, hidden in spider holes—small, camouflaged fighting pits—and pillboxes, Japanese soldiers waited behind interlocking bands of machine-gun fire. To reach the crest, Company I of the 160th Infantry Regiment had only one narrow approach, a trail that funneled men into a
Johnnie D. Hutchins
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire and quiet sacrifice in the Pacific campaign of World War II.
Operation Desert Fox strikes Iraq
On December 16th, 1998, American and British forces began a four-day air and missile campaign against Iraqi targets known as Operation Desert Fox.
Operation Hailstone and Big Week
In mid-February 1944, two linked air operations signaled how the United States was using airpower to reshape two different theaters of war. On February 17th, fast carriers of the U.S. Pacific fleet launched Operation Hailstone against Truk Lagoon, a major Japanese base in the Central Pacific. Waves of aircraft struck ships at anchor, airfields, and support installations, sinking and damaging a large portion of the en
Operation Just Cause begins in Panama
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.
Operation Linebacker II begins over North Vietnam
On December 18th, 1972, United States bombers and supporting aircraft began a concentrated air offensive often known as the “Christmas bombing” of North Vietnam.