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New British Prime Minister Announces First Ever Office of Veterans’ Affairs

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Now that Boris Johnson has assumed the mantle of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he is wasting no time in working on his priorities.…

Radiation Levels Higher in Marshall Islands Than in Chernobyl

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The Marshall Islands are a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean that lie between Hawaii and the Philippines. They contain the Bikini and Enewetak…

Spielberg called it “hugely ambitious,” ‘1917’ Movie Trailer is Finally Out

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Titled “1917”, it’s the first production of Sam Mendes since Skyfall and Spectre. The movie will be set in times of the Great War and…

New Capture Story for World’s most Famous Tank: Tiger 131

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The Tank Museum has released a new video detailing how astonishing evidence came to light and changed the long accepted story of the world’s most…

The $12 Billion Aircraft Carrier USS John F Kennedy Gets Its Flight Deck

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The USS John F Kennedy is the second Gerald R Ford-Class aircraft carrier currently under construction for the US Navy and is due to be…

French Submarine Found After Going Missing Over 50 Years Ago

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Over fifty years ago, the French submarine La Minerve disappeared with 52 crew members onboard. After all this time, they finally found it again. In…

Restored ‘Silver Spitfire’ MJ271 in Round the World Record Attempt

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Spitfire pilots Matt Jones and Steve Brooks plan to start the four-month trip, beginning on August 5th, 2019, at the iconic Goodwood Aerodrome in the…

Wreck of Soviet-Era Submarine Wreck Leaking High Radiation

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It’s the plot of many a science fiction movie or dystopian novel – radiation seeps out from one source or another; thousands get sick or…

75 Years After it Vanished, Divers Find USS Eagle 56

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America lost an inestimable number of men, ships, and other equipment during World War II. Some were recovered, but of course thousands of men did…

Code Breaker Alan Turing to Feature on New £50 Banknote

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Alan Turing, one of the greatest mathematicians Great Britain has ever produced, is getting another “thank you” of sorts from the British government. It is…

Rare WWII Matilda Tank For Sale $211,000

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Offered for sale from a private collection is this rare WWII tank. The Matilda A12 was the tank recognised with stemming the German advance at…

More Than 75 Years Later U.S. Repatriates WWII Fallen

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When servicemen poured into the United States at the end of WWII in 1945, parades were held, celebrations happened across the country, and families wept…