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Chemin des Dames: The Battle that Triggered the Mutinies of 1917
The Chemin des Dames is a ridge road in northern France that was the site of several major battles during World War I, most ...
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The hero of the Battle of Great Bridge was a sentry who took on an entire British platoon. He was also a free Black man.
History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...
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Many Virginia soldiers saw their first action in North Carolina. Their ‘loss’ at Guilford Court House actually led toward victory at Yorktown.
Lord Cornwallis overcame three lines of Patriots, including thousands of Virginians, on the northern North Carolina ...
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How Britain’s Secret Decoy Ships Outfoxed German U-Boats During World War I
Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 ...
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Why an English King’s Traitorous Brother Was (Allegedly) Drowned in a Barrel of Wine
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, spent his life engaged in a power struggle that pitted cousins and siblings against ...
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Speaker at Crossing of the Dan commemoration discusses role logistics played in Southern Army victory over British
When Gen. Nathanael Greene’s Southern Army crossed the Dan River at Boyd’s Ferry on Feb. 14, 1781, the river was swollen.
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Fight over the Royal Gorge helped determine Colorado’s railroad future
The first confrontation in the Royal Gorge Railroad War occurred not in the Royal Gorge, but near the top of Raton Pass in ...