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3 days ago · In 1958, the US Navy participated in Operation Argus, a Cold War-era project designed to test a theory that involved both nuclear weapons and the Earth’s magnetic fields, with the goal of disrupting Soviet communications and tracking capabilities by creating artificial radiation belts in the atmosphere.
2 days ago · Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany ...
- 17-25 September 1944
- See debate on outcome
1 day ago · Kathryn Crosby, who starred in such films as Operation Mad Ball, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Anatomy of a Murder before she curtailed her acting career as the wife of Hollywood legend Bing Crosby ...
3 days ago · The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu.
5 days ago · These films and TV shows explore the origins, impact and aftermath of the allied strategic gamble, 80 years on.
1 day ago · The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
1 day ago · 2h ago. Former Miami Dolphins Super Bowl champion and All-Pro running back Eugene “Mercury” Morris died at the age of 77, his son and the Dolphins announced Sunday. “It is with profound ...
