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The Cu Chi tunnels of the Vietnam War

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese VietCong guerrillas built a vast network of tunnels in the south of the country as part of the insurgency against the South Vietnamese government and their American allies. The tunnel network was a key base and shelter for the North Vietna ...  Show more

The 'Jugroom Fort' rescue mission

In 2007, four British servicemen perched on the wings of an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan, in an audacious mission to rescue a fallen comrade. Lance Corporal Mathew Ford was part of a unit which had attacked Jugroom Fort - a major Taliban command and control centre in Helmand ...  Show more

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En 1912, le Titanic sombre dans les eaux glacées de l'Atlantique Nord, entraînant la mort de 1.500 passagers. De façon a priori paradoxale, cette tragédie permit d'en éviter une autre, deux ans plus tard.


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The Titanic’s First and Last Voyage
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April 10, 1912. As the RMS Titanic pulls away from a crowded port on the south coast of England, it almost crashes. Just in time, it’s able to turn off its engines and prevent a collision with a smaller ship. Four days later, though, a serious disaster will not be avoided, and th ...  Show more