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Christian D. Orr

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The Battle of Puebla: The 1862 Conflict that Inspired Cinco De Mayo

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Three Heavy Bombers Would Have Led the Soviet Assault on America

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A Lone Soviet KV-2 Tank Crew Risked Everything to Stop a Nazi Advance in 1941

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Operation Eagle Claw: America’s Iran Hostage Rescue Ended in Disaster

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Operation Prime Chance: How USSOCOM Got Its Revenge on Iran

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Vickers Swallow: Great Britain’s Tailless Nuclear Bomber Never Took Off

Vickers Swallow: Great Britain’s Tailless Nuclear Bomber Never Took Off
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Sailor Doug Hegdahl Duped His Vietnamese Captors at the Infamous Hanoi Hilton

Sailor Doug Hegdahl Duped His Vietnamese Captors at the Infamous Hanoi Hilton
03.05.2025 10

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Kyiv’s Mayor Suggests Ceding Land to End the War with Russia

Kyiv’s Mayor Suggests Ceding Land to End the War with Russia
02.05.2025 30

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Is Japan Sending Warships to Cambodia to Spy on the Chinese Navy?

Is Japan Sending Warships to Cambodia to Spy on the Chinese Navy?
30.04.2025 10

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A Chinese Chengdu J-10 Fighter Buzzed a U.S. Aircraft Carrier at a Saudi Port

A Chinese Chengdu J-10 Fighter Buzzed a U.S. Aircraft Carrier at a Saudi Port
30.04.2025 5

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ANZAC Day on the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli

ANZAC Day on the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli
28.04.2025 3

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Vickers Virginia: Great Britain’s Best Interwar Heavy Bomber

Vickers Virginia: Great Britain’s Best Interwar Heavy Bomber
28.04.2025 2

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RAAF Huey Pilot John Thynne Had a Hilarious Exit from Vietnam

RAAF Huey Pilot John Thynne Had a Hilarious Exit from Vietnam

April 30, 2025, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the United States of America and...

25.04.2025 2

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China Cozies Up to Southeast Asian Nations in Response to Trump Tariffs

China Cozies Up to Southeast Asian Nations in Response to Trump Tariffs

The trade war between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is in full swing, with the Trump administration imposing a 145...

25.04.2025 4

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The F-4 Phantom II Has History’s Only Supersonic Air-to-Air Gun Kill

The F-4 Phantom II Has History’s Only Supersonic Air-to-Air Gun Kill
25.04.2025 6

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Japan and NATO Deepen Ties to Counter Chinese Threats

Japan and NATO Deepen Ties to Counter Chinese Threats
24.04.2025 4

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Mitsubishi K-1 and Ki-2: Japan’s Not-So-Successful WWII Copycat Bombers

Mitsubishi K-1 and Ki-2: Japan’s Not-So-Successful WWII Copycat Bombers
24.04.2025 7

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Are America and Its Allies Ready for Space Competition?

22.04.2025 3

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The Red Brigades’ Terror Shook Italy to the Core

21.04.2025 3

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The Type 052C Destroyer Is Key to Chinese Naval Power

21.04.2025 5

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The HMS Quorn Is Getting a Second Chance to Hunt Mines for NATO

19.04.2025 5

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Cartels on Notice: USS Stockdale Redeploys to the Southern Border

18.04.2025 6

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HMS Prince of Wales Is Gearing Up for a Pacific Deployment

16.04.2025 10

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Boeing’s P-26 Peashooter Fighter Plane was Far Deadlier Than It Looked

15.04.2025 4

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Is Vladimir Putin the World’s No. 1 Terrorist?

14.04.2025 8

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U.S. Navy Seahawk Choppers Chopped Up Houthi Patrol Boats

14.04.2025 5

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The Soviet Charlie-class Was Once the World’s Apex Submarine

14.04.2025 3

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These Two Military Dogs Won Medals for Fighting Bravely

14.04.2025 5

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Sweden Deploys Gripen Fighters to First-Ever NATO Border Patrol

14.04.2025 4

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The Royal Navy’s New Astute-class Submarine Is Nearing Active Service

11.04.2025 3

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Daring-class HMS Dauntless Defeats Drones in Live-Fire Drill

10.04.2025 4

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The U.S. Just Shot Down a Hypersonic Missile in a Show of Force

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P-47 Fighter Pilot Ed Cottrell Passes Away at Age 103

07.04.2025 3

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Black Cats: Taiwan’s Cold War U-2 Spy Pilots Risked Life and Limb

07.04.2025 6

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F3D Skyknight: This Navy Warbird Made History Over Korea

04.04.2025 10

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DOD Acquires Two More MQ-4C Triton Drones from Northrop Grumman

04.04.2025 4

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Israel Strikes Syrian Airbases In a Message to Turkey’s Erdogan

03.04.2025 3

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Turkish T129 ATAK Helicopters Would Boost the Somali Air Force

03.04.2025 4

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The Squid Was a Deadly ASW Successor to the WWII Hedgehog Mortar

01.04.2025 20

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Operation Barney: How WWII U.S. Navy Submarines Took Vengence on Japan

25.03.2025 4

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The World War II Bell Airacuda Artillery Plane Was Full of Flaws

24.03.2025 4

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Nazi Submariners Were Right to Fear the World War II Hedgehog Mortar

24.03.2025 4

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The FV107 Scimitar Tank Killed a Fighter Jet During the Falklands War

24.03.2025 4

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The Last Argentine A-4 Airstrike Could Have Changed the Falklands War

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Japan Wants to Sell Its Mogami-class Frigate to Australia

24.03.2025 5

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France’s Surcouf Was the Allies’ Largest and Most Powerful Submarine 

24.03.2025 3

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A-10 Pilots Kim Campbell and Martha McSally Earned Their Places in History

19.03.2025 6

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Smith & Wesson Model 459: The Chosen 9mm Autopistol of 1980s’ FBI SWAT

18.03.2025 9

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Ireland’s Army Ranger Wing Special Forces Are as Tough as They Come

18.03.2025 20

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Saint Patrick’s Battalion: Why Irish-American Troops Defected to Mexico

17.03.2025 5

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