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"He Who Defends Everything, Defends Nothing"

Rommel and the Atlantic Wall by Joseph Balkoski General Montgomery’s revised OVERLORD plan strove to ensure victory by relying on that...

Why the "Dandy Fifth"

Prior to the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776, General William Smallwood’s Regiment composed in a large part of the sons of the...

“A BODYGUARD OF LIES”

Operation Fortitude Fools the Germans by Joseph Balkoski By the third day of the Tehran summit, code-named “Eureka,” that trinity of...

“LIKE A GOD FROM OLYMPUS”

Montgomery Tackles Overlord by Joseph Balkoski On New Year’s Day, 1944, the two most famous Englishmen of their day drove north toward...

“WE’RE GONNA DIE!”

Exercise Tiger by Joseph Balkoski In The Guns at Last Light, page 191, Rick Atkinson depicted the August 5, 1944, death of Rear Admiral...

The Maryland Line Saves Washington's Army

In the closing days of June 1776, British troops under General William Howe, having evacuated Boston, sailed into New York harbor. In...

Remembering the Maryland Military at the Battle of Antietam on its 158th Anniversary

On September 17, 1862, the bloodiest day of any American war occurred on the soil of the state of Maryland near the village of Sharpsburg...

“I COULD CHEERFULLY SHOOT THE OFFENDER”

Overlord Security Measures by Joseph Balkoski In April 1944 the restaurant in Claridge’s, the renowned Mayfair hotel just blocks away...

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