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05/04/2026

September 1944.

Montgomery's plan to end the war by Christmas: drop three airborne divisions across Holland, seize the Rhine bridges, and drive into Germany. The SS Panzer divisions at Arnhem were not part of the plan.

04/24/2026

Merrill's Marauders: The Jungle Campaign That Consumed an Elite American Unit - Read more stories at libraryofwar.com

04/19/2026

Acoustic Kitty — The CIA's Feline Spy Program

Editorial military history archive. Every claim cited. Every fact verifiable.

04/19/2026

The Tercio: How Spain's Pike-and-Shot Formation Dominated European Battlefields for 150 Years

https://libraryofwar.com/articles/the-tercio-how-spains-pike-and-shot-formation-dominated-european-battlefields-for-150-years

04/24/2022

Remembering Operation Eagle Claw

Sgt. John D. Harvey, USMC

Cpl. George N. Holmes Jr., USMC

Staff Sgt. Dewey Johnson, USMC

Maj. Richard L. Bakke, USAF

Maj. Harold L. Lewis Jr., USAF

Tech. Sgt. Joel C. Mayo, USAF

Capt. Lyn D. McIntosh, USAF

Capt. Charles T. McMillan, USAF

04/24/2022

Remembering Operation Eagle Claw

The 8th Special Operations Squadron members stand for a group photo in front of an MC-130E Combat Talon I before setting out for Operation Eagle Claw on April 24, 1980. U.S. Air Force Maj. Lyn McIntosh (fourth from right), from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., was one of eight people lost on that mission. (Courtesy photo)

04/16/2022

Air Force Airman 1st Class Angelica Guerrero participates in the area security operations exercise at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, March 23, 2022.

Photo By: Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah Tancer

04/16/2022

Phoenix boys doing PRU things. Unknown team # c: 1968-69 Photos Clark family collection.