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- Guadalcanal: What Japan Could Have Done to Win
After Savo Island, the Japanese had the Marines isolated and beachable. They squandered it. A look at why the Solomons turned the tide of the Pacific.
- Could the Allies Have Prevented the Fall of France and Poland?
France had better tanks, a comparable air force, and a fortified line. They lost anyway. A short reckoning with leadership, doctrine, and the Maginot delusion.
- Born to Lead, Forged in Battle: Lewis Burwell 'Chesty' Puller
Lewis Burwell 'Chesty' Puller — five Navy Crosses, the legend at Henderson Field and Chosin, and the complicated, compassionate man behind the most decorated Marine in Corps history.
- The USS Indianapolis: A Final Mission and Naval Tragedy
After delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sank in 12 minutes — leading to the deadliest sea disaster in U.S. Navy history and a decades-long fight to clear her captain's name.
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- Forgotten Valor: The Heroic Defense of Wake Island
World War II · 1941