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Feature Writer: Christopher Eger
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The FN FiveseveN Pistol

In: Modern War

Designed to defeat Soviet body armor, the 5.7 came out too late for the Cold War but has found a use with Special Units around the world. more...

Baltic Air Policing by NATO

In: Modern War

When the three Baltic States joined NATO in 2004, the next day member nations sent in air support to protect them. more...

Baltic Air Defense After 1994

In: Modern War

When the Soviets left in 1994, the three Baltic countries immediately began building an air defense organization. more...

Ilse Koch She Wolf of the SS

In: WW II History

Ilse Koch was possibly the worst and most notorious of all of the female SS Nazi's in the terrible Concentration Camps of World War Two. more...

The Battleships of Chile

In: Military History (general)

Chile, part of a three-way South American Naval Race just before world war one ordered a pair of Battleships from Britain that went on to lead a life on their own. more...

The Battleships of Brazil

In: Military History (general)

Brazil started a South American Naval Race between the three "ABC" countries when she ordered a class of new Dreadnoughts in 1906 more...

Overview of South American Battleships

In: Military History (general)

Argentina and Chile entered a three-way Naval Arms Race with Brazil just before World War One that led to a half century of South American battleships. more...

The Inglourious Basterds in Historical Reference

In: Modern War

The commando unit in the movie Inglourious Basterds has some basis in fact with actual operations in World War Two. more...

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