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David Kelly (weapons expert)
David Christopher Kelly CMG (14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003) was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Micro…
Death of Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old. Acco…
Death on the Rock
"Death on the Rock" was a British television documentary broadcast in April 1988, part of Thames Television's current affairs series This Week. The programme ex…
December 1964 South Vietnamese coup
Before dawn on 19 December 1964, a coup d'état took place when the ruling military junta of South Vietnam led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolved the High Nationa…
Defense of the Ancients
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Derfflinger-class battlecruiser
Battlecruiser class of the German Imperial Navy
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Design 1047 battlecruiser
Design 1047, also known as Project 1047, was a series of plans for a class of Dutch battlecruisers prior to the Second World War. These large capital ships were…
Deutschland-class battleship
The Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the last vessels of that type to …
Devon County War Memorial
The Devon County War Memorial is a First World War memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and situated on Cathedral Green in Exeter, the county town of Devon, …
Diamonds Are Forever (novel)
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel by the British author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the s…
Dick Cresswell
Richard Cresswell, DFC (27 July 1920 – 12 December 2006) was an officer and pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He commanded No. 77 (…
Divisional Cavalry Regiment (New Zealand)
The Divisional Cavalry Regiment (Div Cav) was an armoured cavalry regiment of the 2nd New Zealand Division during the Second World War and was New Zealand's fir…
Don Bradman
Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "the Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the great…
Donald Forrester Brown
Donald Forrester Brown VC (23 February 1890 – 1 October 1916) was a New Zealand soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for valour "…
Donald Hardman
Air Chief Marshal Sir James Donald Innes Hardman, GBE, KCB, DFC (21 February 1899 – 2 March 1982), known as Donald Hardman, was a seni…
Double Seven Day scuffle
The aftermath of the altercation. David Halberstam (center, wearing sunglasses) repels plainclothes policemen after their attack on Peter Arnett (far left)
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Dreadnought
The Royal Navy's revolutionary HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, gave its name to the type.
USS Texas, the only dreadnought still in existence, was l…
Duckport Canal
Landmarks in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi, from a river map published in 1863, showing Duckport and New Carthage
The Duckport Canal was an unsuccessfu…
Dudley Clarke
Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke, CB, CBE (27 April 1899 – 7 May 1974) was an officer in the British Army, known as a pioneer of military deception …
Duncan Edwards
Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left-half for Manchester United and the England national team. He w…
Dutch 1913 battleship proposal
A Dutch proposal to build new battleships was originally tendered in 1912, after years of concern over the expansion of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the withd…
E. Urner Goodman
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Eagle (British comics)
Eagle was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus…
Eastern Area Command (RAAF)
Eastern Area Command was one of several geographically based commands raised by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. It was formed in May …