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PT Boat vs. IJN Destroyer: Tokyo Express 1942-43

One of the more glamourous aspects of the Pacific War was the idealized picture of United States Navy (USN) PT Boats racing under fire to attack Japanese surface ships many times their size. Using their bravery and torpedoes, PT Boats were devastatingly effective, at least according to wartime propaganda. The reality of PT operations was much different but was still a compelling story.

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The Non-Hessian German Soldiers of the American Revolution

On 9 January 1776, while seeking assistance in suppressing the colonial rebellion in North America, Great Britain entered into its first formal military alliance with a German state since the start of the conflict – in exchange for the sum of 64,500 Banco-Thaler, Britain would receive 3,964 infantrymen and 336 light cavalrymen to assist in combat operations in North America.

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