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    Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch: Comet Part 4 – By World of Tanks

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    May 30, 2016 Wargaming

    The Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War. It was designed to…

    10 Things You Never Knew About Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack

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    May 30, 2016 Colin Fraser

    Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…

    When the Soviets Shot Down A U-2 Spyplane, The Cold War Turned Hot!

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    May 30, 2016 Waqas Ali

    The Lockheed U-2 also known as the “Dragon Lady” is a high altitude recon aircraft that was built in 1957 to gather a range of…

    They Flew A Drone Over The D-Day Beaches, The Result Is Stunning!

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    May 30, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    On D-Day – June 6th 1944 – thousands of Allied soldiers disembarked on five beaches; Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha and Utah. It was the beginning of the end…

    Truscott, The General Who Apologized To The Dead Soldiers, Memorial Day 1945

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    May 30, 2016 Jeff Edwards

    When asked to give a Memorial Day speech in 1945, General Lucian Truscott who had just spent the past 3 years retaking Europe from Nazi…

    Pilot Killed In P-47 Crash In Hudson River, New York City – Thunderbolt Has Been Recovered

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    May 30, 2016 Colin Fraser

    At around 7pm on Friday, May 27th, the vintage Republic P-47D Thunderbolt flown by Bill Gordon, 56, started experiencing engine trouble. Gordon broke away from…

    Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1932, before Alan Turing

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    May 30, 2016 Ian Harvey

    The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…

    Where Are The Men Buried From The 1776 Battle of Brooklyn?

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    May 30, 2016 Ian Harvey

    In New York City, there is a legend that scores of Maryland soldiers from the Revolutionary War are buried somewhere within the city limits. In…

    Wheatcroft Collection: American Sherman M4 105mm Tank Engine Runs For The First Time! (Watch)

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    May 30, 2016 The Wheatcroft Collection

    The Wheatcroft Collection’s rare American Sherman M4 105mm tank is nearing completion. Pictures show the freshly restored 9 cylinder radial engine being dropped into the…

    Spitfires Helped Lead the Way to Supersonic Flight

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    May 30, 2016 Ian Harvey

    What U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager achieved, on October 14, 1947, had long been considered impossible. In his Bell X-1 rocket plane, he became the…

    Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day – 30 May 1940 (Watch)

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    May 30, 2016 Guest Author

    Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On 30 May 1940 the British cabinet meet…

    Couple’s Quest to Thank Every Fallen Commonwealth Soldier of World War I

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    May 30, 2016 Ian Harvey

    Steve and Nancy Binks of Colwyn Bay – Conway, in the UK – set off with a trailer in 2012. This was not a typical…

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