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‘Who controls the present controls the past’: What Orwell’s ‘1984’ explains about the twisting of history to control the public
Power, Orwell appreciated, allowed those who possessed it to create their own historical narrative. It also allowed those in power to silence or censor opposing narratives, quashing the possibility of ...
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The Last Great Tank Battle of the 20th Century
February 1991, the Gulf War. Republican Guard units defend the flank of the Iraqi army occupying Kuwait. The Battle of 73 Easting was named after a north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", measured ...
Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers
Japanese officials say an explosion at a U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa injured four Japanese ...
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USAF Tests 500 lb QUICKSINK Bomb in B-2 Stealth Bomber's Maritime Strike Test
The B-2 Spirit would be able to employ up to 80 500 lb QUICKSTRIKE weapons, holding at risk multiple targets in a maritime ...
The 11 Largest Non-Nuclear Explosions Ever Recorded
From natural chaos to wartime blasts and industrial disasters, these are history's most powerful non-nuclear explosions ...