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1 day ago · The sheer scale of D-Day was unprecedented, with a clear objective: to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation and ultimately defeat Adolf Hitler’s regime. In contrast, Israel’s fight ...
1 day ago · It was founded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in 1982 to fight Israeli forces that had invaded Lebanon that year, and waged years of guerrilla war that led Israel to withdraw from south Lebanon ...
6 hours ago · The supreme decision-making bodies of the Hezbollah were divided between the Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Assembly) which was headed by 12 senior clerical members with responsibility for tactical decisions and supervision of overall Hizballah activity throughout Lebanon, and the Majlis al-Shura al-Karar (the Deciding Assembly), headed by ...
1 day ago · Textbooks were censored and revised. Given the cost and wartime conditions, we are not sure how this went. Presumably this meant books in Tagalog, but it would have been difficult to do books in all the languages needed. The Japanese decided to expand the school year and eliminate summer vacations. Class sizes were increased to reduce operating ...
1 day ago · The IDF would be bogged down in the hills of southern Lebanon while taking heavy casualties against a well-equipped and experienced enemy. Israeli civilians would have to accept air raid sirens and bomb shelters as a feature of daily life. The cost of war between Israel and Hezbollah would be far too high for either government to survive.
6 hours ago · Guerrilla War, Counterinsurgency, and State Formation in Ottoman Yemen, 1872-1911 by Vincent Wilhite available in Hardcover on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews.
6 hours ago · BAGHDAD, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Iraq carried out airstrikes on 10 Islamic State (IS) hideouts in the provinces of Kirkuk and Diyala, the Iraqi military said on Wednesday. Based on intelligence reports, the Iraqi aircraft destroyed six IS hideouts in Kirkuk and four in Diyala, turning them into rubble, according to a statement from the Security ...
