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#1 In 1913, it was Belgium where the force fields of European integration most overlapped. The medieval Flemish city of Ghent hosted the Exposition Universelle et Internationale, as had Brussels a few years before.
#2 The age of empire, and Belgium's role in it, can be seen in the 1913 World's Fair in Ghent, which was hosted by a Belgian king. The gold and white exhibition...
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#1 The Second World War was the first war in which air power played a major role. The generation of Army airmen who came of age in the 1930s were enthralled by the theories of the Italian and American generals, Giulio Douhet and Billy Mitchell, who saw air power as the decisive force in wars of the future.
#2 The history of the A-bomb is the history of the generals...
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#1 I had always been interested in the military, and World War II was starting to heat up. I was poring over books about the Civil War at my Great-aunt Myra's in Kennedy, New York. When England and France declared war on Germany in September 1939, I thought we would soon become involved.
#2 I was only fifteen when I enlisted in the Army in 1940, and I was homesick. I...
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#1 The 303rd was formed in Boise, Idaho, on February 13, 1942. It was organized into a headquarters unit, three heavy bombardment flying squadrons, and a heavy reconnaissance squadron. The flying units were the 358th, 359th, and 360th Bombardment (H) Squadrons, and the 31st Reconnaissance (H) Squadron.
#2 The USAAF's rapid wartime expansion led to accidents becoming...
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#1 I was raised by a Navy brat and had been around the military long enough to know that some of the soldiers were not the sharpest knives in the drawer. I was not officially in the military yet, but I had raised my right hand and taken the oath of allegiance.
#2 At Fort Polk, the army processed us quickly. We were given haircuts, uniforms, and immunizations. The whole...
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#1 The Battle of Tarawa was the first major battle the United States fought in the Pacific theater. It was also the first time many of the young Marines had ever been in combat, and they were shocked by the violence and brutality of the enemy.
#2 The landing on Tarawa was the most haunting memory of World War II for many veteran correspondents.
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#1 Truman needed a drink. It was his second day as vice president. He spent the afternoon in the Senate chamber, overseeing a debate about a water treaty with Mexico. He walked across the Capitol to the House side, where Speaker Sam Rayburn's private room was known as the Board of Education.
#2 When Truman found out that FDR had died, he was too stunned to speak. He...
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#1 The first machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in London in 1883. It was a device that discharged six cartridges automatically, on a single trigger pull. The date can be deduced from patent number 3493, which Maxim registered on 16 July 1883 for an invention of improvements in machine or battery guns, and in cartridges for the same and other firearms.
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#1 The weekend of 12 - 14 June 1914 was a busy one at Konopischt, the hunting lodge and favorite home of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Here, he could indulge his passion for field sports and escape the stultifying conventions of the Habsburg court in Vienna.
#2 The Concert of Europe was an order that was established in 1815 to prevent major war on the continent for...
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#1 The American anticipation of a new war between the United States and the USSR was reinforced by the balance of forces in Europe in the 1950s. The Soviets' advantage in troop strength and geographical position gave it powerful leverage in Eastern Europe.
#2 The use of Nazis and collaborators in intelligence programs has left a mark on life in the United States...
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#1 The German commander on Crete, General Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, had a difficult time explaining what happened to his fellow commander, General Heinrich Kreipe. Kreipe had been captured by a British raiding force and taken off the island.
#2 The Butcher was suspicious that the general had been grabbed after he left the city, but his car was found only a twenty-minute...
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#1 The German invasion of Belgium began on 5 August, when 2nd and 4th Cavalry Divisions crossed the Meuse River at Liège and headed toward the Dutch-Belgian border. They encountered many Belgian troops who were dug in east and south-west of Tirlemont. The Germans decided to outflank them to the north, and the two divisions were temporarily disengaged and pulled back...
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#1 On May 25, 1942, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto hosted a party to celebrate the upcoming Japanese invasion of America. The drinks were warm, and the cups were presented to Admiral Yamamoto by the Emperor himself. Victory was in the air.
#2 Yamamoto, the Japanese admiral, understood American production. He knew that Japan was overmatched, and that it was only a matter of...
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#1 The Brigadier was casting a disapproving eye in my direction. I was writing a letter to my brother Peter, who was serving in the military, and I was unblooded. I was nervous about the mission, but I had to keep my composure and ensure that the men around me were prepared for what lay ahead.
#2 The operation was postponed due to the bad weather, but the flotilla remained...
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#1 The Battle for Merchant Shipping was a campaign of attrition between the British merchant fleet and the German U-boats. If German U-boat captains torpedoed and sank more Allied ships than the British shipyards could replace, the Germans would achieve a tightening stranglehold on Britain's supplies.
#2 The Battle of the Atlantic was the struggle between the German...
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#1 The airmen who fought in World War II were volunteers, and they were from nearly every town, city, and state in America. They were the sons of the elite, the impoverished, and everyone in between. They all volunteered to fight the war in the air against America's enemies.
#2 The Army General Classification Test, given to all recruits, was a forty-minute written exam...
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#1 The Anglo-American Establishment was a plan drawn up by three men in London in 1891 to take over foreign policy control in Britain and the United States. It aimed to renew the Anglo-Saxon bond between Great Britain and the United States, and expand the British Empire's influence.
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#1 On 9 April 1940, German troops invaded Denmark and Norway. The Luftwaffe squadrons stationed in Denmark were ordered to cover the troop movements planned for the invasion of Norway. The British tried to disrupt this action by constant day-and-night air attacks.
#2 The pilots of Falk's wing began intensive training in blind flying. They were half-hearted at first,...
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#1 America is facing an epidemic of gun-related suicides, accidents, and even homicides and police killings. The more guns a society has, the more gun deaths it will experience.
# America was founded on racism and slavery, and both were made possible by the gun. Without guns, neither would have been as easy to accomplish.
#3 The history of America is soaked...
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#1 Mary Sears was a planktonologist who was sent to Peru in December 1941 to help save the country's guano industry, which was threatened by a lack of birds to eat the fish that made up its primary source of income. She was unable to collect any specimens because the men on the boat did not want to let her go to sea.
#2 In December 1941, marine biologist Mary Sears was...
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