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  2. What I am Playing - Warfare 1944 - AOL

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    Following up on Warfare 1917, ConArtist has released Warfare 1944 and it's outstanding.Yes, I know this is not most people who come to this sites style of game but I thought I would bring a.

  3. Battle of Midway - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. [ 7][ 8][ 9] The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet ...

  4. Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army

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    The breakdown lasted ten hours. On 11 August 1944, a train was blown up near Kamyanka-Strumylova, destroying eight cars. In 1944, the UPA blew up a medical unit in the Rivne region and took 40 nurses into the woods. [citation needed] On 1 May 1945, partisans blew up a train in the Sarny-Klesiv area. Twenty-seven Soviets were killed, including ...

  5. Biological Weapons Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Biological Weapons Convention ( BWC ), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention ( BTWC ), is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and toxin weapons by prohibiting their development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use. [ 5] The treaty's full name is the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development ...

  6. Distinguished Warfare Medal - Wikipedia

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    The Distinguished Warfare Medal was to consist of a 1 7/8-inch bronze medallion. The obverse would have depicted a grid lined globe surrounded by a laurel wreath. Superimposed over the globe is the eagle from the Seal of the United States Department of Defense in front of a lozenge. The top of the medallion is surmounted by a six-pointed star.

  7. War - Wikipedia

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    War is an armed conflict [a] between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups. [2]

  8. Operational history of the Luftwaffe (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The Luftwaffe was an instrumental component of the Blitzkrieg battle plan. The Luftwaffe assigned two airfleets to the campaign. Albert Kesselring 's Luftflotte 1 was equipped with 807 aircraft, which was augmented by 92 Seaplanes of Fliegerfuhrer der Seeluftstreitkrafte. Alexander Löhr 's Luftflotte 4 had 627 aircraft, augmented by 30 Slovak ...

  9. Philippines campaign (1944–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Philippines campaign (1944–1945) General Douglas MacArthur, President Osmeña, and staff land at Palo, Leyte on October 20, 1944. 10,000 casualties at Leyte Gulf. [ 19] The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines, Second Philippines campaign, or the Liberation of the Philippines, codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III, was the ...