24 januari 2019

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#08 - We All Feel Thoroughly Ashamed: Mers el Kebir [WWII]

Winston Churchill orders an attack on the French Fleet in order to keep the ships from falling in to the hands of Nazi Germany. The attack turns into a political mistake and sows discord between allies. One of the most interesting and debated decisions of Churchill during World War 2.

Written by: Sean Michael Chick

Correction: President Franklin Roosevelt told Ambassador René de Saint-Quentin that he would have done what Churchill did at Mers-El-Kebir.

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#09 - We Will Prevail In Vietnam: Operation Attleboro [Vietnam War]

24 januari 2019

In order to break the stalemate in Vietnam American forces begin ramping up large scale Search and Destroy Operations to root out Vietcong from the interior of South Vietnam. Operation Attleboro had some success but not as much as was hoped for. This Operation became a template for future operation…

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#05 - Mission Beyond Darkness: The Phillippine Sea [WWII]

25 januari 2019

America and the Imperial Japanese Empire clash in the Philippine Sea in June 1944. Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa leads an attack on the American Fleet in the Philippine Sea only to have the tables turned by Task Force 58. Japan suffers a blow that it cannot recover from. Written by: Sean Michael Chick …

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#01 - The Eyes of God: Wilson's Creek [American Civil War]

26 januari 2019

Wilson's Creek was fought on August 10th, 1861 between Union forces under general Nathaniel Lyon and Rebel Forces under General Sterling Price. Wilson's Creek was hard fought and went a long way to setting the path for the state of Missouri in the United States Civil War.

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#10 - Damn it Sir, There Isn't Any Plan: Secessionville [American Civil War]

23 januari 2019

After the daring escape of Robert Smalls, an enslaved man in South Carolina, the Union army is tipped off by Smalls about weak defenses in South Carolina and see their chance to seize the city of Charleston. Confederate General John C. Pemberton and Union Commander David Hunter fight it out in one …

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