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The Kamikaze: Japan's Desperate Gamble
By late 1944, Japan was losing the war. The American advance across the Pacific was relentless. The Japanese navy had been crippled. Their air force was de…
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The Warsaw Uprising: A City's Sacrifice
By August 1944, the Soviet army was approaching Warsaw. The Polish Home Army, the underground resistance, decided to act. They wanted to liberate their cap…
History
The Liberation of Paris: A City Freed
August 1944. The Allies were racing across France after the breakout from Normandy. The French Resistance, which had been waiting for this moment, rose up…
Rise of America
The Dollar: How American Currency Became the World's Money
In July 1944, representatives of forty-four nations gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to design the postwar internati…
History
The Italian Campaign: The Long Road to Rome
After North Africa, the Allies invaded Italy. They expected a quick victory. Instead, they got a long, brutal slog up the peninsula. The Italian campaign l…
Rise of America
The American University System: The World's Most Powerful Knowledge Engine
There is something remarkable about the fact that for decades, the best students and researchers from across the world have gotten on planes to come to the…
History
D-Day Through the Eyes of Those Who Were There
I spent a week in Normandy a few years ago. The beaches are peaceful now. Families build sandcastles where soldiers once crawled through a hail of bullets…