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  • Thumbnail for Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark...
    87 KB (8,893 words) - 16:11, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 393rd Bombardment Group
    The 393d Bombardment Group is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was part of Second Air Force, and last stationed at Sioux City Army Air Base...
    9 KB (923 words) - 20:59, 29 April 2023
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    SS Erinpura was an E-class ocean liner of the British India Steam Navigation Company, built in 1911. She was the first British India ship built for Eastern...
    12 KB (1,092 words) - 07:26, 29 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for M44 generator cluster
    The M44 generator cluster was an American chemical cluster bomb designed to deliver the incapacitating agent BZ. It was first mass-produced in 1962 and...
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    Jacob, Banner Lord of Wassenaer, Lord Obdam, Hensbroek, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Zuidwijk and Kernhem (1610 – 13 June 1665) was a Dutch nobleman who became lieutenant...
    28 KB (4,020 words) - 23:50, 3 June 2023
  • O Kum-chol (Korean: 오금철; born February 24, 1947) is an army general and politician in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He is a...
    4 KB (363 words) - 19:47, 7 June 2023
  • Headed by Victor Perlo, the Perlo group is the name given to a group of Americans who provided information which was given to Soviet intelligence agencies;...
    14 KB (1,879 words) - 18:22, 25 June 2023
  • Charles Kramer, originally Charles Krevisky (December 14, 1907 – September 27, 1992) was a 20th-Century American economist who worked for U.S. President...
    7 KB (861 words) - 20:34, 26 November 2021
  • Thumbnail for Russian destroyer Okrylyonny
    Okrylyonny was a Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Soviet and later Russian navy. The project began in the late 1960s when it was becoming obvious in the...
    7 KB (573 words) - 16:52, 15 January 2023
  • The Raid on Short Hills (June 21–23, 1838) was an incursion and attack by the Hunter Patriots on the Niagara Peninsula during the Upper Canada Rebellion...
    4 KB (362 words) - 20:33, 27 May 2023
  • Wompatuck (ca. 1627 - 1669), also spelled Wampatuck, was sachem, or paramount chief, of the Mattakeesett band of Massachusett Indians. Wompatuck was also...
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    The Japanese 33rd Army (第33軍, Dai-sanjyūsan gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II. The Japanese 33rd Army...
    6 KB (566 words) - 17:02, 3 November 2021
  • HMS Orkney was an Island-class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. In 2000 she became TTS Nelson of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. In 2016, the vessel...
    6 KB (353 words) - 06:05, 20 June 2022
  • Thumbnail for List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace
    This is a List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace. Alsace saw heavy fighting and the loss of life during World War I, as the Western front...
    18 KB (2,170 words) - 21:05, 16 January 2024
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    Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lokhvitsky (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Ло́хвицкий; 7 October 1868 – 5 November 1933) was a general in the Russian Expeditionary...
    4 KB (365 words) - 17:08, 23 May 2023
  • Daniel Coburn is a member of the United States Marine Corps. He came to prominence in an incident where he accused his platoon commander, Ilario Pantano...
    8 KB (1,011 words) - 12:46, 27 July 2022
  • Rudy Baker (born 1898, date of death unknown), a Communist Party USA (CPUSA) official, is today best known for his role as head of the CPUSA's underground...
    3 KB (394 words) - 04:28, 10 July 2023
  • The Nineteenth Kansas Volunteers or the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry was a volunteer cavalry regiment mustered for a six-month service, in 1868, in response...
    2 KB (159 words) - 03:04, 28 January 2023
  • George Racey Jordan (January 4, 1898 – May 5, 1966) was an American military officer, businessman, lecturer, activist, and author. He first gained nationwide...
    13 KB (1,995 words) - 03:20, 11 October 2022
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    Deel Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Daoile) was built in the 16th century by the Bourkes and later renamed Castle Gore. It is located near the town of Crossmolina...
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