Weapons and Warfare – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:20:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Weapons and Warfare – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com 32 32 Chiang Kai-shek’s Yellow River Breach of 1938: Military Defense and Civilian Disaster https://brewminate.com/chiang-kai-shek-yellow-river-flood-1938/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:46:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=279698 In June 1938, Chinese troops opened the Yellow River’s dike to obstruct Japanese forces. Villagers endured repeated flooding

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]]> The 442nd Regimental Combat Team: Japanese American Valor amid Wartime Racism https://brewminate.com/442nd-regimental-combat-team/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:30:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=196098 The 442nd’s Japanese American soldiers won extraordinary honors amid wartime incarceration. Their service and the dissent surrounding it

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]]> Yugoslav Resistance in World War II: Liberation and Allied Rivalry https://brewminate.com/yugoslav-resistance-world-war-ii/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:56:50 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=205389 In occupied Yugoslavia, Tito’s Partisans fought for liberation while rival Chetniks and competing Allied interests shaped a wider

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]]> D-Day through Civilian Eyes: Witnessing the Normandy Landings https://brewminate.com/d-day-civilian-accounts-normandy-landings/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:20:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=239177 Before D-Day, some English villagers were evacuated for Allied training. In Normandy, civilians endured the fighting as the

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]]> D-Day at Omaha Beach: How the 16th Infantry Regiment Broke Through https://brewminate.com/d-day-omaha-beach-16th-infantry-regiment/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:07:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=237174 On June 6, 1944, the 16th Infantry Regiment landed under devastating fire at Omaha Beach. Despite nearly 1,000

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]]> The Lions’ History: African Americans in World War II Photographs https://brewminate.com/african-americans-world-war-ii-photographs/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:32:46 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=199640 National Archives photographs show African Americans serving in the military and supporting the war at home. This explains

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]]> Wearing Lipstick to War: Elizabeth Richardson and the Red Cross https://brewminate.com/elizabeth-richardson-red-cross-clubmobiles/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:29:01 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=201263 Elizabeth Richardson joined the American Red Cross in 1944 and served GIs from Clubmobiles overseas. Her letters reveal

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]]> When America Put a Nuclear Satellite-Killer on Alert: Program 437 at Johnston Atoll in 1964 https://brewminate.com/program-437-nuclear-antisatellite-weapon/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:05:01 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278985 Long before the United States acknowledged weapons in orbit, Program 437 kept nuclear-armed Thor missiles on alert at

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]]> The USS Maine: Tracing Spanish-American War Service in the National Archives https://brewminate.com/spanish-american-war-military-service-records/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:58:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=199890 National Archives records reveal the people behind the Spanish-American War, from soldiers and sailors to USS Maine families

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]]> The Ironclad Shock: La Gloire, HMS Warrior, and the Victorian Naval Arms Race https://brewminate.com/ironclad-shock-la-gloire-hms-warrior/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:00:21 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278970 France’s La Gloire and Britain’s HMS Warrior transformed naval power, forcing rival states into an escalating contest over

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