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Operation Market Garden at 75: The Guns of the Paratroopers

by Chris Eger

This week marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the largest combat airborne drop in history. These are the guns the paratroopers carried.

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A look at what was dropped ‘behind German lines’ into occupied France (PHOTOS)

by Chris Eger

During World War II the Allies dropped literally tons of arms and munitions to local resistance forces across occupied Europe to give the Germans a little heartburn. Here is a sample of some.

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Irish police show off recent IRA weapons seizures, beer keg bomb (11 PHOTOS)

by Chris Eger

With the 100th anniversary of the Easter Uprising of 1916 ahead, authorities showed off a stock of guns and explosives recently picked up from the Irish Republican Army.

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