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Origins 2019 Report – Part 1 of 2
By Fred Manzo Origins 2019 was an obvious success as far as organization and attendance were concerned. As for attendance, every day was busy and crowded but not overcrowded. Even Wednesday, a day traditionally
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The Dice Tower: Board Game Breakfast – Integrity
The Dice Tower Streamed live on May 30, 2019 SUBSCRIBED 218K “Join Roy and Sam for your Breakfast fix! Join us for the Dice Tower Retreat: https://www.dicetower.com/dicetower-la… Check out the friendliest conventions on Earth! Dice
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Popular Mechanics: The U.S. Officially Begins Building Its New Missile Submarine
The Columbia-class submarines will serve more than 40 years and carry hundreds of nuclear warheads to sea at a time. By Kyle Mizokami May 29, 2019 “A U.S. shipyard has cut first steel for the first
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RealClear Defense: Rare Color Footage Brings D-Day Memories Alive, 75 Years On
By Jeffrey Schaeffer & Julian Styles WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, Hollywood director George Stevens stood on the deck of the HMS Belfast to film the start of the D-Day invasion. The resulting black-and-white films —
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Video: The Wargamers Who Won a Real War
Lindybeige Published on Jul 22, 2018 SUBSCRIBE 825K “In World War Two, WATU was formed to test convoy escort tactics in the Battle of the Atlantic, using wargaming. The results were palpable. My primary source
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Popular Mechanics: “Cold Blue” Shows the B-17 Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
The hero of WWII is the star of a brand-new kind of documentary. By Chuck Thompson May 16, 2019 “The B-17 “Flying Fortress” is one of the most iconic aircraft of World War II. Built
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Medium: The Long Way Around
This Plane Accidentally Flew Around the World After Pearl Harbor, the crew of Pan Am flight 18602 was forced to do the impossible By John Bull “The morning of 6th January 1942 was going
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Video: The Battle of Samar – Odds? What are those?
Drachinifel Published on Feb 27, 2019 SUBSCRIBE 44K “In which a small force of escorts and small carriers face off against the biggest battleship the world has ever seen, plus all its friends. And win.”
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Real Clear Defense: “Russian Navy Ever Less Capable of Supporting Putin’s War Plans”
By Paul Goble “The Russian navy, the Military-Maritime Fleet (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot—VMF), always a poor relation to the Russian Land Forces given geography and national traditions, has been contracting in size since 1985. Now, as Izvestia announced last
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War on the Rocks: “How Does the Next Great Power Conflict Play Out?”
Lessons from a Wargame JAMES LACEY APRIL 22, 2019 COMMENTARY “The United States can win World War III, but it’s going to be ugly and it better end quick, or everyone starts looking for
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