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20th Century
The Best Sub on the Planet: Why the U.S. Navy Only Built 3 Seawolf Submarines
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Late in the 1950s, the Soviet Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines—starting with the November-class attack submarine —could dive twice as deep as most …
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U.S. Air Force
Rods From God: A Space Weapon to Make Thor Jealous
realclearlife.com - Lee Ferran
This far-out, decades-old idea wasn’t laughed off by the U.S. Air Force. The idea is as effective as it is simple: What if a military could harness …
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Military
A Spy Submarine Like No Other: Come Aboard the USS Jimmy Carter
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Further lending credibility to Jimmy Carter‘s real spying mission, the Navy retired the equally shadowy USS Parche just four months before putting …
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Science
'Great Escape' POW’s incredible WWII diary surfaces, sold at auction
Fox News - James Rogers
The remarkable World War II diary of a Royal Air Force officer who played a part in the famous “Great Escape” breakout from the Stalag Luft III POW camp has been sold at auction in the U.K. RAF Flt. Lt.
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Syrian and Kurdish forces declare victory over ISIS in Syria
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Syrian and Kurdish forces declared victory over the Islamic State on Saturday, after a years-long fight to reclaim territory that once belonged to …
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World News
1919: France Finds Thousands of Telegrams Not Sent During WWI
The New York Times - By THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
It is no secret that the French telegraphic service treated the public with scant courtesy during the war, delivering despatches when and to whom it pleased, but the extent of its abuses as elicited by
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Battleships
Dropping Shells: 5 Biggest Battleship Battles of All Time
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The following evening, the Japanese tried again. The Americans, virtually tapped out after months of grueling combat, went to their aces in the hole; …
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Iowa
Battleship Showdown: Hitler's Bismarck vs. America's Iowa-Class Battleship (Who Wins?)
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The larger context of the battle—the U.S. Navy being forced to take on the German Navy—would have had serious repercussions for the Pacific theater. …
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Soviet Union
Lend-Lease Saved Countless Lives — But Probably Didn’t Win the Eastern Front
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Warrior Maven Video Above: Navy 2-Carrier Buy Increases Lethality By Robert Beckhusen, War Is Boring Around 80 percent of the more than five million …
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U.S. Navy
This Was the Navy's Secret Weapon to Kill Russian Submarines
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Video Above: Why the Pentagon Needs more Hellfire Missiles, Small Diameter Bomb IIs. DoD Budget priorities. By Sebastien Roblin, The National …
20th Century
The Bremen Six – How a Gang of New York Troublemakers Struck America’s First Blow Against Hitler and the Nazis
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By Peter Duffy LATE IN THE evening of July 26, 1935, two and a half years into Adolf Hitler’s reign and more than four years before the start of World …
Manchester, UK
Police discover World War Two artillery shells and grenades at Wigan house
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Police have found an extraordinary collection of World War Two weaponry at a house in Wigan. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed artillery …
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20th Century
How Japan's Monster Yamato Warship Committed Naval Suicide
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Warrior Maven Video Above: How Will Navy Ships Destroy ICBMs? First Ever - Major Breakthrough By Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest In early 1945, the …
U.S. Army
The Pentagon Planned to Nuke the Sky
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Warrior Maven Video Above: How Will Navy Ships Destroy ICBMs? First Ever - Major Breakthrough By Adam Rawnsley, War Is Boring These days, lasers are the …
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History
A brief history of Hadrian’s Wall
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Hadrian's Wall in northern England is well known to tourists and walkers, and has been subject to many years of archaeological research. Built during …
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Osprey
At 30, Osprey Matures Beyond Controversy to Become Most Sought-After U.S. Military Aircraft
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The V-22 Osprey's first flight on March 19, 1989. (Bell Flight) Thirty years ago, on March 19, 1989, the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey first broke contact …
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U.S. Navy
Here's why the Navy's torpedoes during World War II were big pieces of junk
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During World War II, the US Navy had some of the most advanced weapons available, like artillery shells with proximity fuses that detonated at set distances from their target. But they also had a secret
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20th Century
Smack Down – How the ‘Patton Slapping Incident’ Nearly Cost America One of its Greatest Generals
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MILITARY HISTORY IS replete with tyrannical commanders. Frederick the Great was notorious for his harsh Prussian discipline. He often said that his …
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
5 Ways the Allies Might Have Lost on D-Day
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Warrior Maven Video Above: How Will Navy Ships Destroy ICBMs? First Ever - Major Breakthrough By Michael Peck, The National Interest General Dwight D. …
20th Century
Churchills Cookbook
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Winston Churchill is well-known for his hearty appetite and love of food. Churchill’s Cookbook gives a fascinating insight into what he ate during …
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20th Century
The PT-76 Was the Little Soviet Amphibious Tank That Could
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Warrior Maven Video Above: How Will Navy Ships Destroy ICBMs? First Ever - Major Breakthrough By Sebastien Roblin, War Is Boring The PT-76 seems like a …
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Russia
Floating Train Wrecks: These Aircraft Carriers Are Naval Nightmares
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Imposing, flexible, able to sail fast and launch devastating air strikes at long range, aircraft carriers are the ultimate expression of national …
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Soviet Union
The Biggest Tank Battle in History Wasn’t at Kursk
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Warrior Maven Video: Air Force “Rapid Raptor” program designed to send four F-22s to war in 24 hours By Robert Beckhusen, War Is Boring A thousand …
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An Irish Catholic Hero of the Revolution
emergingrevolutionarywar.org - Mark Maloy
One of the great unsung heroes of the American Revolution was an Irish Catholic colonel in the Continental Army who called Alexandria, Virginia home. …
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20th Century
Brown Bess – The Story of History’s Most Famous Musket
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By John Danielski IT WAS LONG, heavy and inaccurate. It has no sight with which to aim; only a bayonet nub. It took 18 separate motions to load and …
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North Korea
Kim's Old War Machine: North Korea Has Thousands of Ancient Tanks
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Although very obsolete, Chonma-ho likely still serves as the mainstay of the North Korean armored force. Bermudez estimated in 2010 that Pokpung-ho …
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20th Century
Mystery Solved: Why Russia's Aircraft Carrier Pumps Out So Much Black Smoke
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These engineering difficulties are also given as a potential reason for the Kuznetsov's super-smoky nature. Vice Admiral Pyotr Svyatashov explained, …
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U.S. Marines
Is This Light Machine Gun the Best on the Planet?
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Warrior Maven Video: Air Force “Rapid Raptor” program designed to send four F-22s to war in 24 hours By Charlie Gao, The National Interest The M60 is …
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20th Century
Meet the Patton: Why the M60 Tank Is Still A Killer After Decades on the Battlefield
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The Patton may reliably soldier on and contribute its heavy firepower to the battlefield—but in an era where minimizing casualties and denying …
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Soviet Union
Hitler's Plot to Take One of Russia's Most Vital Ports Did Not End Well
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Warrior Maven Video: Air Force “Rapid Raptor” program designed to send four F-22s to war in 24 hours By Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest The …