How the World Ends
How the World Ends
How the World Ends
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How the World Ends
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Bracing Ourselves Again for a Possible Nuclear Apocalypse
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Dr. Marshall Masters teaches a course in how to survive the inevitable destruction that Planet X will bring, which is scheduled to strike this year.
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How the World Ends
Here Comes Planet X So Get As Far Inland as You Can
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How the World Ends
Startlingly Sure That the World Would End on May 21 2011
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How the World Ends
Trying to Steer Clear of SARS
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How the World Ends
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The 1980s saw the peak number of nuclear warheads on the planet then the abrupt end of the Cold War. We are now back to worrying times with tensions rising between old foes Russia and the United States.
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Unaware that the NVA was about to launch a new offensive around Dai Do a group of 250 Marines launch their attack against what would be 10,000 NVA.
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250 Marines Didn't Know They Were Up Against 10,000 NVA at Dai Do
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Charlie Company is Bloodied and Trapped in the Jungle
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The only thing holding up Hitler's plan to divide and send General Patton's 3rd Army back to the sea was a group of 150 National Guardsmen occupying the crucially important Hill 314 in the village of Mortain, France.
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The Soviets and Nazis Throw the Poles to the Wind
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Stalin Reveals to the British His Polish Pretension
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Stalin Man of the Year as His Country Bleeds
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As part of the Soviet control that Stalin imposed over Poland Russians were made to pose as Polish officers.
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Russians Pretending to Be Polish Officers
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