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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...88 KB (11,228 words) - 18:28, 13 May 2024
- Benghazi Tel Aviv Entebbe Athens The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan)...80 KB (7,990 words) - 13:15, 17 May 2024
- Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) are United States Marine Corps deep reconnaissance companies that supply military intelligence to the command element of...85 KB (9,030 words) - 05:32, 18 March 2024
- 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...160 KB (20,513 words) - 00:06, 4 June 2024
- The Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), or frogmen, were amphibious units created by the United States Navy during World War II with specialized missions...70 KB (7,991 words) - 09:20, 7 June 2024
- 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...35 KB (4,064 words) - 16:41, 8 June 2024
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark...87 KB (8,893 words) - 16:11, 1 June 2024
- The Marine Raider Regiment (MRR), formerly known as the Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR), is a special operations force of the United States Marine...24 KB (2,106 words) - 21:41, 29 March 2024
- 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...26 KB (3,351 words) - 08:01, 25 February 2024
- Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as historical revisionism...176 KB (19,960 words) - 14:03, 8 June 2024
- The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly called Marine Division Recon) are the special operations assets of Marine Air-Ground...22 KB (2,179 words) - 09:37, 13 January 2024
- 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...20 KB (2,368 words) - 09:15, 16 May 2024
- Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from human-made and natural disasters. It...50 KB (5,739 words) - 18:59, 9 June 2024
- 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...28 KB (3,553 words) - 02:16, 3 June 2024
- The Gyrojet is a family of unique firearms developed in the 1960s named for the method of gyroscopically stabilizing its projectiles. Rather than inert...17 KB (2,069 words) - 20:05, 28 December 2023
- Fukuryu (Japanese: 伏龍, Hepburn: Fukuryū) (also known as suicide divers and kamikaze frogmen) were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared...6 KB (750 words) - 12:19, 11 March 2024
- A deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) is a type of deep-submergence vehicle used for rescue of personnel from disabled submarines and submersibles....15 KB (1,439 words) - 11:45, 9 June 2024
- The Jagdkommando (English: Hunting Commando) is the Austrian Armed Forces' special forces unit. The unit is based at Wiener Neustadt and is known to have...15 KB (1,477 words) - 08:03, 30 April 2024
- The Frogman Corps (Danish: Frømandskorpset) is the maritime special operations force of the Danish Armed Forces part of Special Operations Command. On...11 KB (861 words) - 07:55, 13 May 2024
- 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...31 KB (3,394 words) - 03:16, 8 June 2024