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  • Naval artist John Hamilton depicted the night action on November 13, 1942, when eight U.S. destroyers and five cruisers engaged in an all-out slugfest against two Japanese battleships and 12 destroyers in “the Slot,” between Guadalcanal and Florida Island. The action lasted only 20 minutes but ended in a victory for the U.S. Navy. During the six-month-long campaign, the two combatants lost over 60 ships and more than 1,200 aircraft.

    WWII

    Guadalcanal: Ending with a Whimper
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  • Varangian leader Rurik and his sons arrive in the trading post of Staraya Ladoga in 862. About that same time Varangians began serving with forces protecting the frontiers of the Byzantine Empire.

    Military History

    The Byzantine Army’s Varangian Guard
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  • The huts of the Americans spread across sloping ground below the crest of Jockey Hollow, divided into eight infantry brigades. At lower right a regiment is formed in two ranks on the parade ground, while oxen drag timber for firewood at lower left.

    Military History

    General Washington: Keeping the Continental Army Intact At Morristown
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  • Following an extensive modernization, the battleship HMS Warspite sails past the battlecruiser HMS Hood at Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta, in 1938. The tiny Mediterranean island became a bastion of British resistance to the Nazis during World War II as aircraft and submarines attacked German supply convoys bound for North Africa. However, the Maltese endured heavy bombing and reached the brink of starvation in the process.

    WWII

    Malta: Bastion in the Mediterranean
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