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Tribal Moroccan mountain fighters groomed for modern war by a tough French general played key roles in driving the Nazis from North Africa and liberating Sicily, Corsica, and Rome.
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WORLD WAR I
World War I: Battle for Baku
On the plains of Central Asia, the men of 'Dunsterforce' fought Germans, Turks, Bolsheviks and Persian warlords with equal verve.
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WORLD WAR II
Battle of the Hürtgen Forest: The 9th Infantry Division Suffered in the Heavily Armed Woods
The bitter and bloody experience of the 9th Infantry Division in the Hürtgen Forest in autumn 1944 should have been enough to warn Allied leaders that the German army wasn’t finished just yet.
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KOREAN WAR
Korean War: Battle on Pork Chop Hill
A bloody seesaw struggle for Hill 255 -- a minor territorial chip at the negotiating table -- came to be remembered as a symbol for the entire Korean War.
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VIETNAM WAR
3rd Battalion, 26th Marines Fight With the NVA 324B Division in September 1967 During the Vietnam War
On disengaging from the September 1967 battle, one member of the NVA's 324B Division picked up a radio and bid farewell to the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines: "Goodbye, 3/26!"
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CIA'S SECRET WAR IN TIBET
CIA's Secret War in Tibet
In a top secret and still little-known, decade-long 'war at the top of the world,' the CIA fostered, trained and supplied a tenacious Tibetian resistance force in its struggle against the Communist Chinese.
   
 
MEXICAN EXPEDITION
Mexican Expedition: 1st Aero Squadron in Pursuit of Pancho Villa
Taking part in Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing's 1916 Mexican expedition was a learning experience for the U.S. Army's first air arm -- mainly in regard to its own deficiencies.
 
OPERATION DRAGON ROUGE
Congo Crisis: Operation Dragon Rouge
Far from any hope of rescue, the hostages in Stanleyville were suddenly awakened by sounds of battle and chilling cries from their Simba captors: "Your brothers have some from the sky! Now you will be killed!"
   
 
POLISH-SOVIET WAR
Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw
Commanding 160,000 troops, Mikhail N. Tukhachevsky was said to be the Red Army's most brilliant general. If the newly resurrected Polish nation was to survive, Marshal Jozef Pilsudski would have to be even smarter.
 
SUEZ CRISIS
Suez Crisis: Operation Musketeer
When Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, Britain, France and Israel conspired to seize it by force. The result was a fleeting military victory--and a lasting political disaster.
   
 
BAY OF PIGS INVASION
Cold War: Bay of Pigs Invasion
As the Cuban T-33 jet strafed the insurgents on the beach, a U.S. carrier plane closed to shoot it down. "Don't fire! Don't fire!" cried the carrier's air controller. "Rules of engagement have been changed."
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
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