Petersburg 1864–65: The longest siege

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Operation Dragoon 1944: France’s other D-Day

The Six Day War 1967: Sinai

John Adams

The Coral Sea 1942: The first carrier battle

Alexander Hamilton

The Six Day War 1967: Jordan and Syria

The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281

The Island at the Center of the World

Maginot Line 1940: Battles on the French Frontier

The First Battle of the Marne 1914: The French ‘miracle’ halts the Germans

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Operation Nordwind 1945: Hitler’s last offensive in the West

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Midway 1942: Turning point in the Pacific

London 1917–18: The bomber blitz

Common Sense

Nez Perce 1877: The last fight

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution