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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815
IN 1810, AT the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy had almost 150,000 ... On top of all this magnificent detail we have the minutiae of wars against the French, the Spanish, the Dutch, ‘ ...
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Israel at war: What happened on day 456?
Northern District police officers arrested two Israelis ... was released by Hamas during the November 2023 pause in the Gaza war.
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The ‘other’ Lafayette: An enslaved man who spied for the French general, adopted his surname but then was denied his promised freedom
The Marquis de Lafayette eventually helped secure his freedom. A statue to James Armistead Lafayette will be dedicated this ...