World War II

Shortly before D-Day, Gen. George Patton (pictured left) fully expected that brutal combat waited just over the horizon. And so, just before landing time, Patton addressed his soldiers and told them to prepare to annihilate the enemy. (AP Photo)

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73 years ago today, George Patton was annihilating the Nazi war machine

Tom Rogan · August 16, 2017 4:53 pm

Start to Finnish

Christopher Caldwell · August 11, 2017 6:20 am

Though more terrible in the moment, the nuclear option was at least limited and avoided a street massacre of conscripted civilians. (AP Photo/Stanley Troutman)

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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were horrible. They weren’t war crimes.

Philip Wegmann · August 8, 2017 9:35 pm

Ernest Kernen, high school photo. Flag raising ceremony, Guam. (Photo credits: Kernen family and Damien Barer)

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Ernest Kernen, the Battle of Guam, and the immortal tradition

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2017 2:24 pm

Undone Dunkirk

John Podhoretz · July 29, 2017 10:00 am

Undone Dunkirk

John Podhoretz · July 28, 2017 7:00 am

‘Dunkirk’ Is Not a Franchise and Has No Expanded Universe. See It Anyway.

Jonathan V. Last · July 27, 2017 9:00 am

As much as the finest books on war, "Dunkirk" offers a sense of combat's fear, confusion, anger, and heroism. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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‘Dunkirk’ is an excellent film, but here are two things it missed

Tom Rogan · July 24, 2017 1:51 pm

Even if Britain had been defeated by the Nazis, the United States and the Soviet Union would remain obstacles to the global high castle. (Twitter)

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Why the (true) history of ‘Dunkirk’ matters

Tom Rogan · July 19, 2017 7:57 pm

Veterans are men and women who have had to live out the consequences of political decisions, often with dire results. (Josh Bachman/The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

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DC event honors veterans and those who serve in Congress

Lawrence Fedewa · July 15, 2017 4:01 am

Cole served as co-pilot of the lead B-25 bomber during an April 18, 1942, raid on Tokyo. The bomber was piloted by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, and the raid took place after the attack on Pearl Harbor. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)

Trump calls last surviving member of Doolittle Raiders to offer ‘best wishes and support’

Melissa Quinn · July 3, 2017 4:51 pm

The Truth, and Untruth, of a German Atrocity

Gabriel Schoenfeld · June 13, 2017 2:50 pm