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13 March 1940 The Winter War between Finland and Russia comes to an end.

Next update will feature most of these and many more platforms from the FRG (West Germany).

A Brief History of Conflict in Ukraine (USNI News)

12 March 1947 The "Truman Doctrine" is born, and with it, some would say, the Cold War, when American President Harry Truman delivers a speech stating that the USA would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to forestall Communist domination (and Soviet influence) in those nations.

Unveiling the Stealth Fighter (pdf, Aviation Week)

11 March 1990 Becoming the first Soviet Republic to do so, the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic declares its independence from the USSR, re-establishing the State of Lithuania for the first time in 50 years.

tagged for interest.

Mount Whitney and Taylor have left the Black Sea, the latter under tow, leaving only Truxtun in there. Bush CSG is at or near Antalya, Turkey. And the Russians have reportedly moved SSC-5 Bastion coastal defence missile systems into the Sevastopol area. Russia ‘Welcomes’ the US Destroyer Truxtun, by Moving Bastion Anti-Ship Missiles to Crimea (Defense Update)

10 March 1945 Sometimes described as the single most destructive bombing raid in history, US Army Air Forces fire bomb Tokyo during Operation Meetinghouse. 279 B-29s drop around 1,700 tons of bombs, destroying about 16 square miles of the city. Some 100,000 people are killed, more immediate deaths than either of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

7 March 1936 German military forces return to the Rhineland, violating the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, and marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in the region.

Mistral Class LHD Bound for Russia Begins Sea Trials in the Atlantic (Defense Update)

6 March 1836 After a 13 day siege, the Alamo mission near modern day San Antonio, Texas, falls to Mexican troops.

The French F-100D is in there. Go ahead and request whatever you would like to see.

China's activities surrounding Japan's airspace (Japan Ministry of Defense)

Excellent stuff, thanks, Gunny.

New Budget Preserves Navy High End Combat Power (USNI News)

Congressional, European allies resist US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine (Stars and Stripes)

A lot of common sense in that piece.

5 March 1946 At Westminster College, Winston Churchill makes a speech in which the term "Iron Curtain" is used for the first time:

US Navy to order 33 fewer F-35s than planned in next 5 yrs - source (Reuters)

No worries.

4 March 1970 Sometime after 0713 hours, the French Daphne class diesel-electric submarine Eurydice (S644) suffers an explosion while dived in calm seas off Cape Camarat, about 35 miles east of Toulon, in the Mediterranean. The sub and all 57 of her crew are lost. The cause of the incident is never determined. Her sister Minerve (S647) had been lost two years earlier, on 27 January 1968, not far away from the same area, around the same time of day and under similarly mysterious circumstances.

Yup, and at this rate, they'll have the whole Crimean region. Meanwhile, looks another Serhiy [Hayduk] has made a brave decision in the Ukrainian Navy.

Lockheed's Senior Peg: The Forgotten Stealth Bomber (Foxtrot Alpha) Lots of line drawings.

Ukraine: NATO Should Block the Bosporus and Assure its Allies (Seidlers Sicherheitspolitik)