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World War Two: British Declare War on Sept. 3, 1939
By historyguy - Last updated: Thursday, September 3, 2009
On Sept. 3, 1939, Great Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand all declared war on Nazi Germany. Germany began its invasion of Poland two days earlier, on September 1. Also on September 3, only hours after the British declaration of war on Germany, a German U-boat (submarine) torpedoed and sank the British ocean liner SS [...]
Satellite and Submarine Collisions–History’s Lessons
By historyguy - Last updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
This week, we saw two very interesting collisions, both from a
current events standpoint, and from an historical standpoint. First,
a Russian satellite collided with an American satellite in orbit
around the Earth. Both satellites were of course destroyed by the
impact. Back on Earth, it made for an interesting news story, with
the primary public focus on the amount [...]