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Was cavalry effective in WWI?

Once the dominant force on European battlefields, cavalry faced machine guns, barbed wire, and artillery in the First World ...
The rarest pattern of factory-made Chassepot is the fusil modèle 1866 pour la cavalerie d'afrique - the Model 1866 rifle for ...
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Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...
The Choral” is a gentle, British film set during World War I, focusing on the power of art, says AP critic Mark Kennedy. Ralph Fiennes stars as Dr.
Lee Sassi, a World War II Army veteran, receives the French Legion of Honor. (Photo from Army.mil) Leggio “Lee” Sassi’s ...
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French police detain man after knife attack on three women in Paris centre French police on Friday evening detained a man suspected of attacking three women with a knife in three metro stations in the ...
Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests. "You could feel [the water] burning," one of the ...
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