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    Candia – 21 Years Under Siege Before Finally Surrendering

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    • Featured
    Jun 18, 2016 Julia Dzhak

    During the Ottoman-Venetian Wars, the city of Candia, today Heraklion on Crete, was besieged for 21 long years.  The siege of Candia, regarded as one…

    Marianas, That B-29’s Fixed Aircraft Carrier In The Pacific Was Built 72 Years Ago

    • Guest Authors
    Jun 18, 2016 Hans Wiesman

    In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog, you will see photos of the USAAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fleet departing from theMarianas Islands for the Bombing of Japan…

    Joachim Peiper’s Atrocities Against Allied Troops: When Intimidation Failed

    • World War 2
    Jun 18, 2016 Andrew Knighton

    The forces of Nazi Germany are infamous for the atrocities they committed. The SS, who played a dual role, both acting as frontline troops and…

    Pictures – General Rommel And The Afrika Korps

    • World War 2
    Jun 18, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent…

    2008: British Soldiers in Afganistan Discover British Rifles Lost In 1880 Maiwand Massacre

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    Jun 18, 2016 Heather Fishel

    Imagine slogging through the Afghan sands and sun with your fellow military men and women. There are many hidden dangers to come across – and, surprisingly, weapons…

    Captured German Tanks and Equipment dump in Normandy

    • Military Vehicles
    • World War 2
    Jun 18, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    This massive dump of captured or destroyed German equipment lies near Isigny-sur-Mer on the crossroads of the D196 and the D203 in the direction of Lison, east…

    5 Things You Don’t Know: Pearl Harbor (Watch)

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    Jun 18, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    5 Things about the attack on Pearl Harbor that may be new to you, we start with two and the rest follows in the video.…

    How Napoleon Managed His Vast Armies

    • Napoleonic
    Jun 18, 2016 Andrew Knighton

    The wars fought by Napoleon Bonaparte were like nothing that had ever come before. His armies were vast in scale and constant in their activity,…

    The Slave Who Stole A Confederate ship, Met President Lincoln & Bought His Master’s House

    • American Civil War
    Jun 18, 2016 Shahan Russell

    In 1862, Robert Smalls stole a Confederate ship, gave it to the Union Army, freed slaves, and met President Abraham Lincoln. After the war, he…

    Ticking Time Bombs? The Mines At Messines – Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives – 20 Detonated, 5 Remain, Waiting

    • World War 1
    Jun 18, 2016 Jack Beckett

    In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…

    Israel to Replace Tank Being Returned by Russia

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    • War Articles
    Jun 18, 2016 Ian Harvey

    In 1982, Syrian forces seized a tank from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during the First Lebanon War. The Magach tank, based on the US tank…

    Last Crew Member of the HMAS Sydney Passes Away

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    • War Articles
    Jun 18, 2016 Ian Harvey

    Tom Fisher OAM, 95, has passed away in Perth, Australia. He was the last surviving crewman of the HMAS Sydney. He was a crewman on…

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