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Wednesday, 3 June 2026

The Calabar Landing and other Nigerian Navy amphibious operations conducted during the Nigerian Civil War

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Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Adekunle, the General Officer Commanding the Federal Third Infantry Division & the Officer Commanding Land F...

A critique of the rationale of Mark Felton’s criticism of the diminished fleet strength of the Royal Navy

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Logo of the Royal Navy, the naval warfare force of Britain. I fear that Dr. Mark Felton is merely playing to the populist gallery and bein...
Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Examining Nick Tosches' book on the life of Sonny Liston

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Tosches’ book was titled Night Train: The Sonny Liston Story in the United Kingdom in contrast to its original American title The Devil and ...

Captain Eugene Simon Karpe: The U.S. naval officer whose suspected assassination inspired Ian Fleming to write the James Bond thriller From Russia, With Love

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Portrait of U.S. Navy Captain Eugene Simon Karpe (Public Domain). In February 1950, Eugene Simon Karpe, who for the previous three years h...

Lieutenant Colonel Marcelino da Mata: Portugal’s Most Decorated Military Officer

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  Lt. COL. Marcelino da Mata photographed in full dress uniform (AI-treated Public Domain photograph). Born into the Papel ethnic group in...
Friday, 15 May 2026

The Naval Ranks of Rear Admiral And Commodore: A Tale of Controversy And "Confusion"

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Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey, the Nigerian Chief of the Naval Staff photographed in 1968. ( AI colorised via Grok). This photograph of J.E.A....
Sunday, 26 April 2026

The moral fibre and resilience of the Islamic Republic of Iran: A continuum of Persian civilisation

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A 1978 poster titled “Ashura: Victory of Blood Over the Sword”. The argument that the Islamic Republic of Iran, established in the wake of...