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World War I
1914–1918: fronts, alliances, and post‑war settlements.
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Hybrid Warfare Across the Atlantic: The Black Tom Sabotage and the German Intelligence Network (1914–1916)
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German U-boat’s 1915 US visit
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U.S. destroyer enters Spanish dry dock, a first in Europe
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Wurtulla Beach woke up to a blast from 1945!
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POTD: German Panzerpioniere Train With New G95 Rifles
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‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (626+ words) On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock started ticking When the Exmouth bomb was called in, Maj…...
250kg Second World War-era bomb found in Budapest’s agglomeration
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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: 1.5 Million Uzis Went to 90 Nations for $2 Billion, and It Can Fire 600 Rounds in Just 1 Minute
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The American-made 'trench broom' terrified Germans in both World Wars
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