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Military history is a field that studies warfare and its societal impacts, including battle strategies, weaponry progression, and military technology evolution. It's crucial for understanding societal evolution and informing military strategies. Strategists can learn from victories and defeats by analysing past wars to inform future decisions. Military history also reveals societal responses to conflict, guiding efforts to prevent future wars and promote peace. Additionally, it fosters national identity by allowing societies to remember and honour their past. In essence, military history provides valuable insights into the past, present, and human nature.

Military History

Why Nazi Germany Couldn't Win at the Battle of the Bulge

Germany did not have the economic resources to put forces into battle that could defeat the allies.

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The Army Air Corps at the Battle of the Bulge

In the Battle of the Bulge, US and British airpower achieved air supremacy allowing ground troops to stop the German advance.

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The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Desperate Gambit Crushed by American Grit

The Battle of the Bulge reminds us that without adequate fuel supplies, no military can succeed.

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Battle of the Bulge: Hitler Sets One Last Trap --- Part One

Hitler’s decision to attack the Allies in the Ardennes Forest in the winter of 1944 made a sort of strategic sense for Hitler, but the attack was always doomed to fail.

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P-51 Mustang’s Switch to Merlin Engine Made it the World-beater of World War II

This article is about the Rolls Royce Merlin Engine and how placing this engine into the P-51 Mustang made the P-51 one of the best fighters in WW2.

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The Duke of Wellington: Forging the 'Iron Duke'

The Duke of Wellington is probably the most famous wartime General that the UK has ever produced—he is most famous for his complete and utter defeat of the French under Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

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The Real War 1939-1945

This article provides a sobering account by a military historian Paul Fussell—who served in WW2 as an infantry officer—of what war is really like.

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Paul Fussell obituary

US writer Paul Fussell, who died in 2012 was a well-respected academic military historian.

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Pearl Harbour: The Day of Infamy, 7 December 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbour by Japan and the declaration of war against the USA by Nazi Germany brought America into WW2; which four years later resulted in the unconditional surrender of both Japan and Germany.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor—1941

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in President Roosevelt signing a declaration of war against Japan, marking the United States' official entrance into World War II.