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... World War I the mine was the most effective antisubmarine weapon . Mines were even more important during World War II ; in that conflict , mines sank 1,316 Axis ships and damaged 540. Great Britain , the United States , and their allies ...
... World War I the mine was the most effective antisubmarine weapon . Mines were even more important during World War II ; in that conflict , mines sank 1,316 Axis ships and damaged 540. Great Britain , the United States , and their allies ...
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... World War II . Mitscher By courtesy of the U.S. Navy A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis , Md . ( 1910 ) , Mitscher qualified as the 33rd naval pilot in 1916. In the years that followed , he played an important part in the ...
... World War II . Mitscher By courtesy of the U.S. Navy A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis , Md . ( 1910 ) , Mitscher qualified as the 33rd naval pilot in 1916. In the years that followed , he played an important part in the ...
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Opava 962 Austrian before World War I , Opatija was ceded to Italy in 1919 and returned to Yu- goslavia after World War II . The Opatija Rivi- era developed as a tourist and vacation centre in the latter half of the 19th century , stim ...
Opava 962 Austrian before World War I , Opatija was ceded to Italy in 1919 and returned to Yu- goslavia after World War II . The Opatija Rivi- era developed as a tourist and vacation centre in the latter half of the 19th century , stim ...
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