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50 years ago, US troops bunkered down for the Vietnam War's most infamous siege - here's how the Battle of Khe Sanh unfolded
They became essential as their artillery helped fend off NVA attacks. The NVA battle plan called for the encirclement of the Khe Sanh Combat Base with artillery, cutting off of Route 9 to prevent ...
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UK and France mark centenary of start of the Battle of Somme, WW1 bloodiest
At the ceremony at the Lochnagar crater, which was created by an explosion at the start of the battle in La Boiselle, France, a rocket was fired to simulate the artillery fire. This was followed ...
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The deadliest weapons from World War I
On 1st July 1916, 21,000 British men were killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme ... it can be surmised that after artillery shells, machine guns counted for the second largest number of ...
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Amiens: The battle that turned the tide of World War I
The morning of the battle also provided fog – an unexpected benefit that heightened the element of surprise on the Allied side. Victory at Amiens can also be attributed partly to the powerful tanks ...
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Unidentified gunners of the Australian Heavy Artillery loading an 8in Howitzer gun (probably 54th ...
Unidentified gunners of the Australian Heavy Artillery loading an 8in Howitzer gun (probably 54th Australian Siege Artillery Battery). This is an original Paget Plate negative. The same image is ...
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Colour Patch : Siege Battery Amunition Columns, Royal Australian Artillery
Upright red artillery shell shaped colour patch, for Siege Battery Ammunition Columns, Royal Australian Artillery, with a horizontal dark blue band across the centre with a red zigzag line sewn across ...