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The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation […]

James Arness (born James King Aurness, May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972) was a Russian–American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing

USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States

The first atomic cannon was fired at Frenchman Flat, Nevada. Fired as part of Operation Upshot-Knothole and code named Shot

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) was a United States Army officer and law clerk who

Francis Edwin Brownell (July 18, 1840 – March 15, 1894) was a Union Army soldier who received a Medal of

1941 – The German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought HMS Hood in the North Atlantic. 1416 died with only

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was a U.S. military officer, railroad executive, inventor and politician

William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an American soldier during the American Civil War. Born