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Before the Battle of El Alamein in 1942, the British had never won a major battle on land against the Germans; nor indee
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It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war—a siege that drove men, women, and children to seek shelter in caves under
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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of
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*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents On October 29, 1937, a la
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On 20 October 1944, the U.S. Sixth Army began landing on Leyte's eastern coast, supported by the U.S. Navy's 3
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At dawn on 13 December 1939, smoke was seen on the horizon; HMS Exeter was told to close in and investigate. Two minutes
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A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would
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It is one of the essential events of military history, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in
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