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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
Library of War 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.