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Thanks to Ralph C. Brown's K-pistol, the North Sea Mine Barrage was by far the most technologically advanced mine field the world had seen to date.

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Ralph C. Brown & The North Sea Mine Barrage

by Brad Reynolds

The wide scale use of U-boats by the Imperial German Navy in World War I led to many improvements in defensive naval capabilities. Read more

For turning the tide in the Pacific while incurring no casualties, the USS Washington battleship is one of America's most famous.

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The USS Washington Battleship: How it Turned the Pacific Tide

by Brad Reynolds

Prior to American entrance into World War II, the USS Washington battleship’s initial assignment was escorting supply ships between England and Russia in support of the Lend Lease Act. Read more

An important battle in the Russo-Japanese War, the Battle of Tsushima is also a key event in modern naval history.

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Naval History: The Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War

by Brad Reynolds

At the turn of the 19th Century, Japanese incursions into Korea forced Russia to fortify her ports at Vladivostok and Port Arthur. Read more

In 1536, Charles retook Tunis from Barbarossa and the Barbary corsairs, capturing 80 enemy ships in the process.

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The 1541 Algiers Expedition

By Bruce Ware Allen

In the late summer 1541, 40 warships appeared off the shores of Sardinia, part of a grand armada gathered by Charles the V of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor. Read more

Ralph C. Brown & The North Sea Mine Barrage

The USS Washington Battleship: How it Turned the Pacific Tide

Naval History: The Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War

The 1541 Algiers Expedition

From Around the Network

Don Hollway’s ‘At The Gates of Rome: The Fall of the Eternal City, AD 410’

Air Transport Command

Colonel Creighton Abrams at the Battle of the Bulge

An American at the Battle of the Somme