The British Broadcasting Corporation, better known simply as BBC, also has this nickname.
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Daily Quiz for July 15, 2009
Judge Isaac Parker, known as the "Hanging Judge" in the 1870s, presided over the federal district court in this town.
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U.S. Navy Commemorates Pearl Harbor’s Forgotten Disaster
The U.S. Navy held a ceremony to commemorate the 65th anniversary of what is known as the “West Loch Disaster,” a huge, non-combat-related explosion that killed more than 160 men and wounded almost 400.
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Flak Fills the Skies of Europe
The main offensive weapon of German ground-based air defense was the 88, a powerful medium-caliber gun. It quickly developed a reputation as a formidable opponent of Allied aircraft.
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An Army Nurse Describes a Deadly Attack on a Hospital Ship
An estimated 460 American women died as a result of their service in World War II. In 1943, U.S. Army nurse Vera Lee came close to being one of them. Lee was with the 95th Evacuation Hospital in the Gulf of Salerno, aboard the hospital ship for the Eighth Army, the HMHS Newfoundland, which was attempting to deliver nurses to the Salerno beaches. The Luftwaffe repeatedly bombed it, killing six nurses and all medical officers aboard.
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Interview: Jeff Shaara / Novelist
Jeff Shaara didn’t plan to follow in his novelist father’s footsteps, but began to write a string of bestselling novels from the Revolution to World War I. He tackled World War II in a series of books, the most recent of which appears in November.
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Nanjing: The Beautiful City with an Ugly History
Nanjing, China, is a beautiful city with an ugly history. Of all the atrocities committed during World War II, the 1937 Nanjing massacre stands out in its scope and brutality. Nanjing has changed a lot since 1937, but remnants of the old city remain.
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‘Faithful as a Dog, Strong as a Mule’: The Mighty Jeep
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The Incredible Jeep
The jeep was created in record time at the outbreak of World War II, the fruit of a U.S. Army–brokered “collaboration” between Ford and two smaller companies. The jeep has endured as the ubiquitous icon of American military might.
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I like Monty—sort of.
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery was insufferable, but Rob Citino likes him anyway–sort of, as he tells us in his latest blog.