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A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the...

RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province in Western Europe corresponding to modern Portugal) was an ocean liner that was launched by the Cunard Line...

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi (/ˌɡærɪˈbɑːldi/ GARR-ib-AHL-dee, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ɡariˈbaldi] ; 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot...

Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) are United States Marine Corps deep reconnaissance companies that supply military intelligence to the command element of...

The Gyrojet is a family of unique firearms developed in the 1960s named for the method of gyroscopically stabilizing its projectiles. Rather than inert...

Benghazi Tel Aviv Entebbe Athens The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan)...

Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War began with demonstrations in 1965 against the escalating role of the United States in the Vietnam...

A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries...

The Marine Raider Regiment (MRR), formerly known as the Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR), is a special operations force of the United States Marine...

 Scapa  Flow  Scapa  Flow Scapa Flow (/ˈskɑːpə, ˈskæpə/; from Old Norse Skalpaflói 'bay of the long isthmus') is a body of water in the Orkney Islands...

Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. It should not be conflated with historical...

The Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), or frogmen, were amphibious units created by the United States Navy during World War II with specialized non-tactical...

The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly called Marine Division Recon) are the special operations assets of Marine Air-Ground...

A limpet mine is a type of naval mine attached to a target by magnets. It is so named because of its superficial similarity to the shape of the limpet...

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark...

Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of diver propulsion vehicle on which the diver rides, generally in a seated position behind a fairing. They...

Civil defense (British English: civil defence) or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from human-made...

The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II, months...

A deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) is a type of deep-submergence vehicle used for rescue of personnel from disabled submarines and submersibles....

The Frogman Corps (Danish: Frømandskorpset) is the maritime special operations force of the Danish Armed Forces part of Special Operations Command. On...