HISTORY
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What’s More Engaging Than a War Movie? This Documentary About the Filming of War Movies
War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (on DVD and Blu-ray, five-part documentary, 315 minutes), Cantilever Films, written and directed…
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Why Did Lincoln and McClellan Fail to Connect?
On the first page of Conflict of Command, George Rable posits, “People have largely made up their mind about George…
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Special Guest Star: The B-17
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress has found itself back in the spotlight after the January 26 debut of the AppleTV+…
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Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Set to Star in President Garfield Assassination Historical Drama
Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”) is to play assassinated President James A. Garfield with Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) as his killer Charles Guiteau in…
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First Look at Guy Ritchie’s ‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
The first official trailer for director Guy Ritchie’s action-packed World War II film, the “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” has arrived.…
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‘Masters of the Air’ Recap: Part I and II
The B-17 was known for its ability to take extreme punishment and stay airborne. A fact that is driven home…
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Did This Vietnamese Pilot Really Shoot Down a B-52?
Pham Tuan occupies two special places in Vietnamese history books—although both distinctions have attracted some controversy as well as fame.…
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I’ll trade you Swoose for Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby!
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, the Boeing B-17G featured on the cover of Aviation History’s Summer 2023 issue, has completed another…
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Unraveling the Story of a Somber Gettysburg Photograph
One of the many iconic photographs taken on the Gettysburg battlefield by Alexander Gardner’s photographic team was the heartbreaking image…
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The US Navy To Honor WWII Hero Dubbed the ‘Human Tugboat’
“Just tell me if I’m going the right way.” Charles Jackson French called the words out to a raft of…
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