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28 August 1914 The Battle of Heligoland Bight, the first major naval battle of WWI, takes place off the coast of Germany in the southeastern North Sea. A large force from the British Grand Fleet ambushed a smaller force from the German High Seas Fleet, sinking three German light cruisers and a destroyer.
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Review: The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union, by Serhii Plokhy (Foreign Affairs)
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27 August 1939 The world's first jet powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, takes to the air in its first flight, mere days before the Nazi invasion of Poland.
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In the SE cycle through Blue installations with your Backspace key and you will find two instances of the installation. Likewise, in the GE, clicking on the same icon twice will yield two instances.
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Warszawa is still duplicated in your v2.0 release.
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26 August 1346 At the Battle of Crecy, during the Hundred Years War between England and France, the English longbow demonstrates its supremacy, defending against a much larger French force using crossbows and armoured knights.
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25 August 1944 The occupying German garrison in Paris finally surrenders to the Allies, marking the liberation of that city.
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Carrier Saratogas sad final journey begins (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)
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Something to consider, in light of a seemingly 'more troubled than usual' world. No, Great Power War Isn't Obsolete (The Diplomat)
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22 August 1910 Korea is annexed by Japan under the terms of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, making it a protectorate of the Empire of Japan until after the end of WWII and damaging diplomatic relations between the two countries through to the present day.
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Q&A with the US Navy on Lockheed Martin Hellfire missiles for LCS (Navy Recognition)
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Still watching this with interest.
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21 August 1957 The USSR conducts a successful long range (6,000 km) test flight of the first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the R-7 Semyorka (NATO SS-6 Sapwood).
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HARM equipped Tornados chipped away at enemy radars, but the Russian air defence was very dense. At least a couple of armored columns overran my forward bases before I could crack the SAM bubble and start hitting the tanks and arty. Most of my losses came from Russian fighters or pushing my luck with the ground attack or just plain inadvertence on my part. Did you script an attack by Russian ground forces on any Polish airbases? I would consider adding more capable and more modern SAM/AAA other than the SA-11. How about SA-15/-17/-19/-22?
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20 August 1991 Hard line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), opposed to Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms, make a failed attempt at a coup d'etat during three days (19-21 August) of unrest in Moscow.
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19 August 1981 In the Gulf of Sidra, 'Fast Eagle 102' and 'Fast Eagle 107', a pair of F-14A Tomcats from VF-41 'Black Aces' aboard USS Nimitz return fire against a pair of Libyan Air Force Su-22M 'Fitter J' fighters and shoot them down with AIM-9L Sidewinders.
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18 August 1966 105 Australian soldiers and three New Zealand forward artillery observers face off against 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army guerrillas at a rubber plantation near Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy province, South Vietnam. It is Australia's bloodiest battle since the Korean war.
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Australian war movie available to watch online. Battle of Long Tan
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Israels Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready (DefenseNews)
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Johnston says AWD programme in 'deep, deep trouble' (Jane's)
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Achieved minor victory after destroying something like 100 Red armored vehicles. I am assuming that was a trigger point. HCE does a great job of modeling the land warfare in the sense that the AI will advance its ground forces across terrain and will readily engage and destroy play controlled ground forces it encounters. They also make great targets for air strikes. Downsides are that player controlled ground forces do not defend very well and the AI will not use its ground forces to assault player controlled installations very well.
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15 August 1945 At 12:00 noon Japan standard time, a recorded speech by the Emperor is broadcast to the nation of Japan, announcing the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
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14 August 1941 Having met in secret in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, British PM Winston Churchill (aboard the King George V class battleship HMS Prince of Wales) and US President Roosevelt (aboard the Northampton class heavy cruiser USS Augusta) issue the Atlantic Charter, a policy statement clarifying American support for Great Britain in WWII.
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Russian Navy Launches First Varshavyanka-Class Sub for Black Sea Fleet (RIA Novosti)
