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War Thunder: The Shooting Range | Episode 1

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  Gaijin Entertainment presents a new series: Gunnery You’re watching Gunnery – a weekly show for all Tankers and Airmen in War Thunder In today’s episode: Parallax: A deadly optical illusion Pages from history: F4U Corsair Gaijin Hotline: Answers to sweetened questions in the comments. Tactics and strategy – how to win a tank duel Imagine the situation: The game has just started, and you are sitting in an M4A3 Sherman and you have decided not to attack the enemy spawn right away. players had the same […]

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WTF? Writer says skip the movie ‘Fury’ — unless ‘you’re a fascist’

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http://twitter.com/#!/jtLOL/status/520624841582342144 Writer Noah Gittell is not impressed with the new Brad Pitt movie, “Fury,” about a U.S Army tank crew fighting in Germany during the closing weeks of WWII: FURY is the most sadistic, jingoistic, and militaristic movie I've seen in a long time. Tarantino-levels of violence with none of the wit. — Noah Gittell (@ReelChanger) October 10, 2014 Newsflash: maybe a movie that attempts to accurately depict WWII might not be “witty.” Now here is the stupidest thing you’ll read today: @ReelChanger Doesn't sound good. Recommend seeing it? […]

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GREYHOUND – Official Trailer (HD)

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The only thing more dangerous than the front lines was the fight to get there. Screenplay by Tom Hanks inspired by actual events, Greyhound comes to theaters June 12. In the early days of WWII, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats. Subscribe to Sony Pictures for exclusive content: http://bit.ly/SonyPicsSubscribe Follow GREYHOUND on Social: https://www.Greyhound.Movie/?hs308=youtubeorg/ https://www.facebook.com/GreyhoundMovie/ https://twitter.com/GreyhoundMovie/ https://www.instagram.com/GreyhoundMovie/ […]

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R.I.P. Olympian, WWII hero, Louis Zamperini: ‘What a life’ [pics]

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http://twitter.com/#!/boderek/status/484792205794488320 Louis Zamperini competed as a runner in the 1936 Olympics, served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a bombardier. He survived 47 days on an open raft in the Pacific before being taken prisoner by the Japanese. Zamperini’s life is the basis for the bestselling book “Unbroken” by Lauren Hillenbrand on which Angelina Jolie is basing a film. Zamperini passed away yesterday at the age of 97. He touched a lot of lives and many of them remembered him on Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/nprbooks/status/484732049396600832 […]

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Amazing! AntiFa/D-Day hero comparisons caught on FAST in the media

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Yesterday an Esquire writer sent heads to desks after comparing AntiFa to World War II vets: Remove head from arse BEFORE tweeting! Esquire writer compares AntiFa to WWII vets, gets BLASTED https://t.co/dt3A8YTFqp — Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 16, 2017 As @RedSteeze noticed, that approach seems to be spreading: It's almost as though a list of some sort exists… pic.twitter.com/xbHVmqbySt — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 16, 2017 It really caught on among journos and analysts: "Alt-left thugs" who battled Nazis pic.twitter.com/fflvchzGDF — John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) August 15, 2017 […]

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