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Ask MHQ: Who Was Known as the General of Europe?

Was Prince Francis Eugene of Savoy and Carignan—a favorite of Napoleon's and Frederick the Great—"the General of Europe"?

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Ask MHQ: Planes, Tanks, and Motorcycles?

The Harley-Davidson joins the cavalry.

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Ask MHQ: Was Patton Bipolar?

Carlo D'Este, Patton's biographer, considers the mental health of the great general.

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Ask MHQ: Stealing Enemy Thunder—and Tanks

What to do with captured guns?

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Ask MHQ: No German Carriers?

Graf Zeppelin launch, 1938 (AKG-Images/Ullstein Bild) Q. Why didn’t Germany have aircraft carriers in World War II? Tom DeBarber  A.  Nazi Germany was constantly changing its priorities. A carrier was,...

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Ask MHQ: Absent Ancient Armor

Historian Jon Guttman answers reader questions

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Ask MHQ: Tracking Prisoners of War

What happened to Japanese POWs?

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Ask MHQ: The Lochnagar Crater

The mine that created the largest crater in the world had little effect strategic effect

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Ask MHQ: British Revolutionary War Burials

What happened to British war dead in the American Revolutionary War?

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Ask MHQ: Marines in the Dominican Republic?

Q  I was part of the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965 by the 82nd Airborne Division and the 5th Marines. I know there were more than 40,000 American troops there, including several...

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Ask MHQ: Who Was Known as the General of Europe?

Was Prince Francis Eugene of Savoy and Carignan—a favorite of Napoleon's and Frederick the Great—"the General of Europe"?

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Ask MHQ: Marines in the Dominican Republic?

Q  I was part of the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965 by the 82nd Airborne Division and the 5th Marines. I know there were more than 40,000 American troops there, including several...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Ask MHQ: British Revolutionary War Burials

What happened to British war dead in the American Revolutionary War?

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Ask MHQ: The Lochnagar Crater

The mine that created the largest crater in the world had little effect strategic effect

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Ask MHQ: Tracking Prisoners of War

What happened to Japanese POWs?

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Ask MHQ: Absent Ancient Armor

Historian Jon Guttman answers reader questions

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Ask MHQ: Was Patton Bipolar?

Carlo D'Este, Patton's biographer, considers the mental health of the great general.

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Ask MHQ: Planes, Tanks, and Motorcycles?

The Harley-Davidson joins the cavalry.

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Ask MHQ—North or South: Whose Was the Army of the Rebellion?

Nowadays "Army of the Rebellion" is most commonly used to refer to the Confederates, but during the American Civil War the term was often applied to the Union forces as well.

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Ask MHQ: Of Belts, Sashes, and Silk Net

Anything about military history you’ve always wanted to know? Submit your question to us at MHQeditor@weiderhistory.com. You can even suggest the expert you’d like us to query. Q: What is the origin of...

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