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    I-17 & the Shelling of the Bankline Oil Refinery – February 23, 1942 – by Martin K.A. Morgan

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    Jun 15, 2017 Marty Morgan

    Thanks go to Marty Morgan for this wonderful article. Two months after Pearl Harbor, World War II raged around the world in places like the Philippines…

    The One-Armed Warrior Who Was Awarded The Victoria Cross

    • World War 2
    Jun 15, 2017 Shahan Russell

    Some soldiers are so pig-headedly persistent that they go down in legend; including one who did so with only one arm. George Albert Cairns was…

    Unique Guns of Battlefield 1 – The History behind the Game

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    Jun 15, 2017 William Mclaughlin

    While WWI did not consist of soldiers running about with 900 round-per-minute submachine guns, the guns of the video game Battlefield 1 did exist in…

    Learning the Luftwaffe’s Secrets: How Intelligence Gathering Shaped the Battle of Britain

    • World War 2
    Jun 15, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    In WWII the Battle of Britain was fought in the air. A victory was achieved through the skill and courage of the rightly revered fighter…

    The Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Thousands of Jews During WWII

    • World War 2
    Jun 15, 2017 Nikola Budanovic

    Chiune Sugihara, better known as Sempo, was a Japanese diplomat who came to prominence during WWII. Sugihara was responsible for saving the lives of thousands…

    In 1935, A Team Of Nazi Explorers Set Out To Begin A Colony On The Amazon River

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    Jun 14, 2017 Ian Harvey

    Deep within Brazil’s Amazon rain forest, there’s a Nazi grave flanked by a towering cross with a swastika in a cemetery close to the isolated…

    Comparing China’s New Stealth Fighter With F-22 And F-35

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    Jun 14, 2017 Ian Harvey

    A pair of new Chengdu J-20 stealth fighters recently headlined China’s Airshow China in Zhuhai, although they were in the air for only a few…

    When The Allies Attacked Oran And Were Annihilated By Vichy French Soldiers

    • World War 2
    Jun 14, 2017 Nikola Budanovic

    After the fall of France during WWII, a puppet regime was established, with its administrative center in the town of Vichy, declaring itself The Vichy…

    Some of the Scariest Nuclear Bomb Accidents in History

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    Jun 14, 2017 William Mclaughlin

    Nuclear bombs, the ultimate weapons of mass destruction. It would stand to reason that a ridiculous amount of safety protocols would exist to prevent an…

    The Battle of the Ourcq – The Americans make their presence felt at the Marne

    • World War 1
    Jun 14, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    Although they only arrived in the final year of the First World War, the Americans made their presence felt. The volume of manpower and resources…

    Forces of Nature – Dealing with Weather in the Trenches of WW1

    • World War 1
    Jun 14, 2017 Lincoln Riddle

    One of the most important battlegrounds of WW1 was the battle in the trenches. It was gruesome, for many reasons. At times the soldiers would be…

    The Red Baron: Manfred von Richthofen, Famed WW1 Flying Ace

    • World War 1
    Jun 14, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    The greatest fighter ace of the First World War, Manfred von Richthofen, was born on the 2nd of May 1892. Becoming an officer cadet at…

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