Tag: military history

ON THIS DAY: First tanks in warfare deployed by Britain (1916)

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British forces deploy tanks for the first time in warfare during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the wider Battle of the Somme, on...

ON THIS DAY: “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” (1864)

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On 5 August 1864, the Union Navy won one of the most important naval battles of the American Civil War at the Battle of...

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ON THIS DAY: Church of England approves women priests (1992)

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