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  • Thumbnail for Fukuryu
    Fukuryu (Japanese: 伏龍, Hepburn: Fukuryū) (also known as suicide divers and kamikaze frogmen) were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared...
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    A clearance diver was originally a specialist naval diver who used explosives underwater to remove obstructions to make harbours and shipping channels...
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    XII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces formation. Its last assignment was with the Twelfth Air Force, based in Corsica, France...
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  • Thumbnail for Artur Silveira da Mota, Baron of Jaceguai
    Artur Silveira da Mota, Baron of Jaceguai (26 May 1843 — 6 June 1914) was a Brazilian admiral, noble and writer. Mota fought in the Paraguayan War. He...
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    The 14th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the United States Army. It has two squadrons that provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition...
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  • The London Controlling Section (LCS) was a British secret department established in September 1941, under Oliver Stanley, with a mandate to coordinate...
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  • Thumbnail for VII Bomber Command
    The VII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Seventh Air Force, based on Okinawa. It was inactivated...
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  • Thumbnail for Spanish cruiser Rapido
    Rapido was an auxiliary cruiser that served in the Spanish Navy during the Spanish–American War in 1898. Before her Spanish Navy service, she served as...
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  • Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) is a United States-based organization founded in January 2005 by individuals who lost family members in the Iraq War...
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    The third USS Princeton was a composite gunboat in the United States Navy. Princeton was laid down in May 1896 by J. H. Dialogue and Son, Camden, New Jersey;...
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  • Thumbnail for Vladimir Vinogradov (diplomat)
    Vladimir Mikhailovich Vinogradov (2 August 1921 – 21 June 1997) was a prominent Soviet diplomat in the second half of the 20th century. Vinogradov was...
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  • Abteilung III b was the domestic counterintelligence branch of the Imperial German Army from 1889 until the end of the First World War. Initially created...
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    Rear Admiral Jörgen Fredrik Ericsson (born 25 November 1953) is a retired Swedish Navy officer. His senior commands include commanding officer of the 3rd...
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    The 2-inch RP, short for Rocket Projectile, 2-inch, Number 1 Mark 1, was an unguided rocket weapon developed by the Royal Navy in the 1950s. It is generally...
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  • Thumbnail for Liberation of the Holýšov concentration camp
    On 5 May 1945, the concentration camp in German-occupied Holýšov was liberated by the Polish Holy Cross Mountains Brigade. Around 700 women were freed...
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  • The 1st Leningrad Tank Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Brigade was a tank brigade of the Red Army during World War II. The brigade was in the lines during...
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  • Thumbnail for Dalyare fort (Darawiish)
    Dalyare fort is an open-top Dhulbahante garesa of the Darawiish era which was ordered built by the Dervish as a strategy for countering the colonization...
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  • Nelson Henry Brickham, Jr. (23 January 1927 – 1 February 2007) was a Central Intelligence Agency officer, best known for his role in developing the Phoenix...
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    The air commando rifle regiments are specialized regiments belonging to the Algerian Air Force. Air commando rifle units dates back to the 1970s, when...
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  • The Intervention and Neutralization Group (GIN) is a specialized intervention unit of the Algerian National Gendarmerie. This unit is part of the first...
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