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n an additional turret compared to her british rivals the indefatigable class moltke and her sister goeben were significantly larger and better armored the ship participated in most of the major fleet actions conducted by the german navy during the first world war including the battles of dogger bank and jutland in the north sea in 1915 and 1916 respectively she also took part in the battle of the gulf of riga in 1915 and operation albion in 1917 in the baltic moltke was damaged several times during the war the ship was hit by heavy caliber gunfire at jutland and torpedoed twice by british submarines while on fleet advances full article image 6 members of the 1st provisional marine brigade carry a wounded man on a stretcher during the battle of pusan perimeter in 1950 the 1st provisional marine brigade was a marine brigade of the united states marine corps usmc that existed periodically from 1912 to 1950 it was an ad hoc unit formed for specific operations and not considered a permanent usmc unit the brigade saw five brief activations for service over a 40 year span first created in 1912 for duty in cuba following the negro rebellion the brigade was not activated again until 1941 when it was hastily constructed from the 6th marine regiment to garrison iceland after british forces occupied the country during world war ii the brigade saw service once more in the war during the battle of guam in the pacific war conducting an amphibious landing on that island s southern sector and subduing resistance from japanese forces it was activated once more in a brief organizational shift after the war full article image 7 on 9 february 2001 about nine nautical miles 17 km 10 mi south of oahu hawaii in the pacific ocean the united states navy usn los angeles class submarine uss greeneville collided with the japanese fishery high school training ship ehime maru えひめ丸 from ehime prefecture in a demonstration for some vip civilian visitors greeneville performed an emergency ballast blow surfacing maneuver as the submarine shot to the surface she struck ehime maru within ten minutes of the collision ehime maru sank nine of the thirty five people aboard were killed four high school students two teachers and three crew members many japanese people including government officials were concerned by news that civilians were present in greeneville s control room at the time of the accident some expressed anger because of a perception that the submarine did not try to assist ehime maru s survivors and that the submarine s captain commander scott waddle did not apologize immediately afterwards the usn conducted a public court of inquiry blamed waddle and other members of greeneville s crew and dealt non judicial punishment or administrative disciplinary action to the captain and some crew members after waddle had been questioned by the naval board of inquiry it was decided that a full court martial would be unnecessary and he was forced to retire and given an honorable discharge full article image 8 warwick castle and the river avon warwick castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort originally built by william the conqueror during 1068 the original wooden motte and bailey castle overlooking the river avon was rebuilt in stone during the 12th century during the hundred years war the facade opposite the town was refortified resulting in one of the most recognisable examples of 14th century military architecture it was used as a stronghold until the early 17th century when it was granted to sir fulke greville by james i in 1604 greville converted it to a country house and it was owned by the greville family who became earls of warwick in 1759 until 1978 when it was bought by the tussauds group in 2007 the tussauds group was purchased by the blackstone group which merged it with merlin entertainments warwick castle was then sold to nick leslau s investment firm prestbury group under a sale and leaseback agreement merlin continues to operate the site under a renewable 35 year lease full article image 9 thermal diffusion process building at s 50 the building in the background with the smokestacks is the k 25 powerhouse the s 50 project was the manhattan project s effort to produce enriched uranium by liquid thermal diffusion during world war ii it was one of three technologies for uranium enrichment pursued by the manhattan project the liquid thermal diffusion process was not one of the enrichment technologies initially selected for use in the manhattan project and was developed independently by philip h abelson and other scientists at the united states naval research laboratory this was primarily due to doubts about the process s technical feasibility but inter service rivalry between the united states army and united states navy also played a part full article image 10 a british lancaster bomber over kaafjord during operation paravane a british lancaster bomber over kaafjord during operation paravane operation paravane was a british air raid of world war ii that inflicted heavy damage on the german battleship tirpitz at anchor in kaafjord in the far north of german occupied norway the attack was conducted on 15 september 1944 by 21 royal air force heavy bombers which flew from an airfield in the north of the soviet union the battleship was struck by one bomb and further damaged by several near misses this damage rendered tirpitz unfit for combat and she could not be repaired as it was no longer possible for the germans to sail her to a major port the attack on 15 september followed a series of raids conducted against tirpitz with limited success by royal navy carrier aircraft between april and august 1944 seeking to sink or disable the battleship at her anchorage so that she no longer posed a threat to allied convoys travelling to and from the soviet union the first of these raids was successful but the other attacks failed due to shortcomings with the fleet air arm s strike aircraft and the formidable german defences as a result the task of attacking the battleship was transferred to the raf s bomber command avro lancaster bombers from the command s two elite squadrons flew to their staging airfield in the soviet union on the night of 11 12 september and attacked on 15 september using heavy bombs and air dropped mines all of the british aircraft returned to base though one of the lancasters later crashed during its flight back to the united kingdom full article image 11 a b 52h bomber taking off from minot air force base in august 2007 on 29 august 2007 six agm 129 acm cruise missiles each loaded with a w80 1 variable yield nuclear warhead were mistakenly loaded onto a united states air force usaf b 52h heavy bomber at minot air force base in north dakota and transported to barksdale air force base in louisiana the nuclear warheads in the missiles were supposed to have been removed before the missiles were taken from their storage bunker the missiles with the nuclear warheads were not reported missing and remained mounted to the aircraft at both minot and barksdale for 36 hours during this period the warheads were not protected by the various mandatory security precautions for nuclear weapons the incident was reported to the top levels of the united states military and referred to by observers as a bent spear incident which indicates a nuclear weapon incident below the more severe broken arrow tier full article image 12 line drawing of the mackensen class the mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by germany in world war i the design initially called for seven ships but three of them were redesigned as the ersatz yorck class of the four ships of the mackensen class mackensen graf spee and prinz eitel friedrich were launched and fürst bismarck was not but none were completed after wartime shipbuilding priorities were redirected towards u boats and the ships were broken up in the early 1920s the lead ship of the class was named for august von mackensen a prominent military commander during the war in response to the mackensen class ships the british royal navy laid down the admiral class battlecruisers all but one of which would eventually be cancelled the sole survivor hms hood was completed after the end of the war the design of the mackensen s was a much improved version of the previous derfflinger class the most significant improvement was a new more powerful 35 cm 13 8 in gun compared to the 30 5 cm 12 in gun of the earlier ships the mackensen class ships also featured more powerful engines that gave the ships a higher top speed and a significantly greater cruising range the mackensen design provided the basis for the subsequent ersatz yorck class armed with 38 cm 15 in main battery guns after the battle of jutland in 1916 made the need for the larger guns clear full article image 13 simulated german soldiers harassing a newspaper carrier during if day if day french si un jour lit if one day was a simulated nazi german invasion and occupation of the canadian city of winnipeg manitoba and surrounding areas on 19 february 1942 during the second world war it was organized as a war bond promotion by the greater winnipeg victory loan organization which was led by prominent winnipeg businessman j d perrin the event was the largest military exercise in winnipeg to that point if day included a staged firefight between canadian troops and volunteers dressed as german soldiers the internment of prominent politicians the imposition of nazi rule and a parade the event was a fundraiser for the war effort over 3 million was collected in winnipeg on that day organizers believed that the fear induced by the event would help increase fundraising objectives full article image 14 map showing the course of the battle from 8 17 august 1944 the falaise pocket or battle of the falaise pocket german kessel von falaise 12 21 august 1944 was the decisive engagement of the battle of normandy in the second world war allied forces formed a pocket around falaise calvados in which german army group b consisting of the 7th army and the fifth panzer army formerly panzergruppe west were encircled by the western allies the battle resulted in the destruction of most of army group b west of the seine which opened the way to paris and the franco german border six weeks after the 6 june 1944 allied invasion of normandy german forces were in turmoil having expended irreplaceable resources defending the frontline and with allied air superiority threatening the availability of food and ammunition however on the allied side british forces had expected to liberate caen immediately after the invasion an operation which ended up taking nearly two months and us forces had expected to control saint lô by 7 june yet german resistance delayed this until after caen s liberation full article image 15 sms niobe in kiel in 1901 sms niobe was the second of ten gazelle class light cruisers that were built for the german kaiserliche marine imperial navy in the late 1890s and early 1900s the gazelle class was the culmination of earlier unprotected cruiser and aviso designs combining the best aspects of both types in what became the progenitor of all future light cruisers of the imperial fleet built to serve with the main german fleet and also in german colonies she was armed with a battery of ten 10 5 cm 4 1 in guns and had a top speed of 21 5 knots 39 8 km h 24 7 mph the ship had a long career serving in the german yugoslav and italian fleets over the span of more than forty years niobe served in both home and overseas waters in the imperial navy serving in a variety of roles including as a flotilla leader for torpedo boats as a scout for the main fleet and as a station ship with the east asia squadron after the outbreak of world war i the ship joined the vessels tasked with defending germany s north sea coast by late 1915 she was withdrawn from active service and used as a headquarters ship for various commands she was disarmed in 1917 but as one of the cruisers permitted to the postwar reichsmarine navy of the realm by the treaty of versailles she was modernized and rearmed in the early 1920s full article more featured articles featured picture image 1 magna carta document john king of england his barons and stephen langton cotton ms augustus ii 106 one of four surviving exemplifications of magna carta this document sealed by king john of england on 15 june 1215 o s was drafted by the archbishop of canterbury to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons the charter promised the protection of church rights protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment access to swift justice and limitations on feudal payments to the crown the document was reissued and renewed several times over the centuries though its political impact decreased as later laws were passed the charter was significant because the king had agreed to limit his power so that although it dealt predominantly with the king and the barons since the late 16th century it has been considered a symbol of liberty and the freedom of the individual more featured pictures image 2 the theatre at petra photo douglas perkins petra is an archaeological site in jordan lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of wadi araba the great valley running from the dead sea to the gulf of aqaba it is famous for having many stone structures carved into the rock more featured pictures image 3 great sphinx of giza photo maison bonfils restoration lise broer a late nineteenth century photo of the partially excavated great sphinx of giza with the pyramid of khafre left and the great pyramid of giza right behind it the sphinx is the oldest known monumental sculpture and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient egyptians of the old kingdom in the reign of the pharaoh khafra more featured pictures image 4 armorial of the holy roman empire woodcut hans burgkmair print david de negker a woodcut print of the quaternion eagle the double headed eagle armorial of the holy roman empire it showed the shields of the various parts of the empire in groups of four on the feathers of the eagle supporting in place of a shield christ on the true cross the top larger shields are those of the seven prince electors as well as one for the titular prefect of rome more featured pictures image 5 temple square photo william henry jackson restoration tom dl and mmxx an 1899 photochrom showing temple square a 10 acre 4 0 ha complex located in the center of salt lake city utah us the location is owned by and serves as headquarters of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and was selected by church president brigham young in 1846 temple square is home to several buildings depicted here are the salt lake temple salt lake tabernacle and salt lake assembly hall more featured pictures image 6 poison gas in world war i photo credit frank hurley a group of 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