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There was a time when Soviet-made or Russian tanks were among the most feared and battle-proven in the world.

Ralph White had a harrowing adventure to save his Vietnamese colleagues.

Even though airplanes were a relatively new invention, the race for air superiority started during World War I.

These two countries can each lay claim to this military innovation independently.  Heres What You Need to Remember: While the first reported incident of aircraft bombing ships was long thought to have happened during the Mexican Revolution, it turns out that the Greeks, who pioneered so much else in Western civilization, can also lay claim to that honor. In the annals of aerial warfare, the names of Greece and Mexico don’t usually appear very often. Yet Greece and Mexico were the first to u...

What Do Mexico and Greece Have in Common? They Were Naval Warfare Pioneers These attacks are little known, but they made history. In fact, now using airplanes against sea targets is so common as to not the thought of as very remarkable. Heres What You Need to Remember: While the first reported incident of aircraft bombing ships was long thought to have happened during the Mexican Revolution, it turns out that the Greeks, who pioneered so much else in Western civilization, can also lay claim to...

Who Invented the Anti-Ship Missile? Greece and Mexico Have Some Ideas In the annals of aerial warfare, the names of Greece and Mexico don’t usually appear very often. Heres What You Need to Remember: It was an inauspicious start to the contest between aircraft and ships that became the fundamental factor in twentieth-century naval warfare. But thirty years later, those newfangled flying machines would have the last laugh at Pearl Harbor and Leyte Gulf. In the annals of aerial warfare, the na...