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| | | | | The Battle of Long Tân saw a heavily outnumbered Australian force take on - and defeat - thousands of Viet Cong guerrillas. | |
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| | | | | For the French, it's the Battle of Verdun. For the British, the Somme. For the Americans, the Meuse-Argonne is the superlative battle. The largest battle in US history: 1.2 million American soldiers participated. The longest battle: lasting 47 days. The deadliest: 26,277 Americans killed. The battle ended with the war,... | |
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| | | | | In war, a "casualty" is a soldier who suffers any condition that puts him or her out of action, which includes being killed as well as wounded, whether in battle or by accident. During the four days in which the 35th Division advanced the line, it suffered 8,023 casualties. September... | |
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| | | Mary's mother, Matilda of Boulogne Mary of Blois was the youngest daughter of Stephen of Blois and his wife, Matilda of Boulogne, herself the granddaughter of St Margaret, queen of Scotland. Mary was born in Blois, France around 1136. She was destined for the cloister from an early age and, while still a young girl,... | ||