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  • Thumbnail for List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds
    A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass...
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  • Thumbnail for Daraa offensive (October 2014)
    The October Daraa offensive, code-named "wa al-Fajr wa Layali Asher" ("By the Dawn and ten nights"), was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels...
    14 KB (1,004 words) - 05:52, 7 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Admiral of the Navy
    Admiral of the Navy was the highest-possible rank in the United States Navy, prior to the creation of fleet admiral in 1944. The rank is considered to...
    11 KB (1,254 words) - 19:19, 18 March 2023
  • The Medal of Devotion for National Defense (Chinese: 献身国防纪念章) is a military decoration awarded by the Central Military Commission of China, first amended...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Ralph Talbot
    USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) was a Bagley-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for USMC Second Lieutenant Ralph Talbot (1897–1918), who was awarded...
    16 KB (2,161 words) - 18:44, 24 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Japanese supply ship Irako
    Irako (伊良湖) was a Japanese food supply ship that served during the Second World War. Constructed for the transport of food-stuffs, Irako was eventually...
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  • Thumbnail for VI Corps (United Kingdom)
    VI Corps was an army corps of the British Army in the First World War. It was first organised in June 1915 and fought throughout on the Western Front....
    17 KB (1,957 words) - 21:55, 28 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for USS Kansas (1863)
    USS Kansas was a gunboat constructed for the Union Navy during the middle of the American Civil War. She was outfitted with heavy guns and assigned to...
    14 KB (1,787 words) - 10:36, 2 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Peng Shaohui
    Peng Shaohui (simplified Chinese: 彭绍辉; traditional Chinese: 彭紹輝; pinyin: Péng Shàohuī; 6 September 1906 – 25 April 1978) was a general in the People's...
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  • Corumbá was under the control of Paraguay since the beginning of 1865, in the first phase of the Paraguayan War. José Vieira Couto de Magalhães (the president...
    3 KB (276 words) - 23:15, 28 December 2022
  • The Battle of River Feio or First Withdrawal, was an episode that occurred even at the beginning of the Mato Grosso Campaign in which about 200 Brazilians...
    3 KB (333 words) - 23:30, 28 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for USS Manatee (AO-58)
    The USS Manatee (AO-58)—the second vessel of the United States Navy to bear the name—was a Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler named for a river in...
    15 KB (1,773 words) - 14:47, 10 November 2022
  • The 1975 coup d'état in Chad that terminated Tombalbaye's government received an enthusiastic response in the capital N'Djamena. Félix Malloum emerged...
    8 KB (1,014 words) - 23:19, 5 February 2023
  • SS Yarmouth Castle, built as Evangeline, was an American steamship whose loss in a disastrous fire in 1965 prompted new laws regarding safety at sea. The...
    24 KB (2,915 words) - 22:41, 2 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for HMS Corunna (D97)
    HMS Corunna (D97) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Corunna, which took place...
    11 KB (1,119 words) - 15:21, 14 June 2022
  • Lieutenant General Edward Felix Norton DSO MC (21 February 1884 – 3 November 1954) was a British army officer and mountaineer. He attended Charterhouse...
    4 KB (284 words) - 01:50, 15 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for HNLMS Evertsen (F805)
    HNLMS Evertsen (F805) (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Evertsen) is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Evertsen visited South Africa...
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  • Thumbnail for Kohima War Cemetery
    Kohima War Cemetery is a memorial dedicated to soldiers of the 2nd British Division of the Allied Forces who died in the Second World War at Kohima, the...
    12 KB (1,341 words) - 14:13, 3 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Zhang Wendan
    Zhang Wendan (Chinese: 张文旦; born 1958) is a retired vice admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. He served as Chief of Staff of the PLA Navy...
    5 KB (519 words) - 14:05, 9 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower
    A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower is the United States' maritime strategy. It was originally presented by the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations...
    28 KB (3,736 words) - 03:17, 25 February 2023
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