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1781Battle of Yorktown Ends
The Only Time a Sub Killed Another Sub
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1914History's Only Sub-to-Sub Kill
Fate of German Rocket Men Who Went East
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1959Wernher von Braun Reassigned to NASA
Why Crimean War 19th Century's Most Relevant
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How Pakistan Helped China Beat India
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1962China Launches Sino-Indian War
China's Provincial Borders Quash Political Unrest
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World War II

Would Me-262 Have Turned Tide for Germany?

The outcome of World War II still has a tremendous impact on the political and economic relationships in effect throughout the world. The events that occurred nearly 80 years ago resonate with a profound relevance that persists even to this day.In the European Theater of World War II (September 1939-May 1945), the British and American allies mounted an intense aerial bombing campaign against Germa Read More

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