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In Operation OBRIEN - named after the first casualty of the Easter Rising, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ulster launched an offensive from the land, air and sea against Eire. Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday morning, the Prime Minister said that it would be “unconscionable”...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable photographed from the air while operating off Swordfish Station in support of Commonwealth and French forces in French Indochina. After their life extension refits, Illustrious class carriers left Fleet Carrier duties to their larger Audacious Class...

In the Channel, the flagship of the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland Navy, CNS Wales, accelerates into the measured mile on her sea trials. Her extended construction period meant she was the first aircraft carrier built from the keel up with an angled deck.

“Well I have been Gee Why Gee for fifteen years or more; “Of armalites and mortar bombs I thought I knew the score; “Now we have a weapon we've never used before; “The Saes are looking worried, and they're going to worry more; “Prydain yn ymladd, sing up the GYG (Ooh, ah, up the GYG! Ooh ah up...

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Prydain yn ymladd! In counterbalance to ‘popular risings’ in the Marches through 1983, Gwŷr y Gogledd, or ‘Men of the North’, appeared in a number of cities across Yr Hen Ogledd, particularly in the area the Cymry still call Rheged. Gun attacks on administrative buildings in...

The 1st Destroyer Squadron of the Βασιλικόν Ναυτικόν. The four sisters were named after the three ancient Doric polis of the island of Rhodes and its principal city, which grew out of the three ancient cities. The Ρόδος (Rodos) class destroyers of the Βασιλικόν Ναυτικόν (Royal Hellenic Navy)...

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Does a less genocidal Germany slow development of nuclear weapons, if not stop completely?

By 1951 Coastal Command had equipped 4 squadrons with the Vickers Trafalgar, the maritime reconnaissance variant of the Victory bomber. They would come to public notice after a flight of four delivered Cranmer glide bombs in full view of assembled media in the Mersey estuary. Three strikes and...

The final warm up game before the start of the Triangular Tournament of 1951 saw the Joint Northern Republics of Novgorod and Neva play First Division leaders Manchester United in-front of a capacity crowd at Old Trafford. A first half goal from striker Jack ‘Gunner’ Rowley saw United take the...