HISTORY
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In Patriotic Melodies in the Civil War North, “Freedom” Wasn’t Necessarily a Cry for African-American Emancipation
Anyone who explores Civil War–era history should pay close attention to how people at the time understood and used key…
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From Korea to Vietnam, This West Pointer Was An Inspiration To All Who Knew Him
On March 30, 1972, the aging revolutionaries in Hanoi’s Politburo abandoned the strategy of protracted struggle and launched an all-out…
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What’s More Engaging Than a War Movie? This New Documentary About the Filming of War Movies
War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (on DVD and Blu-ray, five-part documentary, 315 minutes), Cantilever Films, written and directed…
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Special Guest Star: The B-17
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress has found itself back in the spotlight after the January 26 debut of the AppleTV+…
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Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Set to Star in President Garfield Assassination Historical Drama
Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”) is to play assassinated President James A. Garfield with Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) as his killer Charles Guiteau in…
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This B-24 Co-Pilot Learned That Hell was Four Miles Above Earth
The cold blue sky was spattered with red bursts and puffs of anti-aircraft fire on July 7, 1944. Downward streaks…
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‘Masters of the Air’ Recap: Part I and II
The B-17 was known for its ability to take extreme punishment and stay airborne. A fact that is driven home…
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How the Cast of ‘Masters of the Air’ Transformed into the Bloody 100th
The quest by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg to bring World War II to television screens began in 2001 with…
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Did Egyptian Belly Dancers Act As Spies in World War II?
In 1942, British authorities in Cairo arrested an Egyptian dance superstar for espionage. Her name was Hekmet Fahmi. Allegedly a…
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I’ll trade you Swoose for Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby!
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, the Boeing B-17G featured on the cover of Aviation History’s Summer 2023 issue, has completed another…
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