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Bay of Pigs Invasion – 1961
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Dieppe Raid – 1942
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The so-called phony war ended in May 1940 when the Battle of France began. It
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Sinking of the Lusitania – 1915
When the Cunard Company launched its latest passenger liner at Clydebank in Scotland on June
HMS Victoria Collision – 1893
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Battle of Isandlwana – 1879
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