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MarcWortman is the author most recently of 1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War. To learn more, go to marcwortmanbooks.com.
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Romanticizing D-Day Ignores Thousands of Civilian Deaths
HIDDEN TOLLWe think we know D-Day on its 75th anniversary, but remembering the forgotten civilian victims reminds us of the overlooked costs of war and offers lessons for today.

History Majors Are Disappearing, Except Among the Elite
MAJORING IN AMNESIAIn the last decade, the number of students majoring in history at the nation’s colleges has plummeted, and it seemingly has nothing to do with the job market.

Did the Allies Plot to Assassinate France’s Wartime Leader?
INTRIGUEThe conspirators behind the assassination of a hated former Vichy prime minister in WWII have never been unmasked. Were they French royalists? The English? Or the Americans?

The Spy Who Helped Free France From the Nazis
CLOAK & DAGGERSecretly in charge of one of North Africa’s largest spy rings, Słowikowski was buddies with Josephine Baker and prominent businessmen. The Nazis never suspected a thing.

12 Amateur Spies Paved the Way to War Against the Nazis
CLOAK AND DAGGERAmerica’s first foray into dark ops began 75 years ago with a small band of untrained men who laid the groundwork for the successful invasion of North Africa in WWII.

Did Brits Kill Cops to Get U.S. into WWII?
MYSTERYFor 77 years the culprits behind a July 4, 1940, terror bombing at the New York World’s Fair have never been found. Is this the answer?

The Strange Tale of Abraham Lincoln’s ‘Toenail Trimmer’ Spy
CLOAK & DAGGERIssachar Zacharie was Civil War Washington’s foot doctor to the stars who wheedled his way into Lincoln’s confidence and was actually sent to negotiate with the South.

The Train Robbery That Almost Won the Civil War
SOUTHERN STRATEGYUnion soldiers paid with their lives for their failed theft of a locomotive—and became America’s first Medal of Honor winners for their heroics.

Devil in the City of Light
ANTIHERORobin Hood or the French H.H. Holmes? Depicted as evil incarnate, 240 years ago Antoine Francois Desues executed for his crimes, but was he the monster his executioners claimed?

When The One Percent Sent Sons to War
BLOOD MONEYA century ago this week, the United States entered World War One. Unlike today, the children of America’s wealthiest families were the first into battle.
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