17 March 2021 - D-DAY TANKS FOUND IN ENGLISH CHANNEL

 

D-DAY TANKS FOUND

 IN ENGLISH CHANNEL

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The deep ocean can easily win the title of the most mysterious place on earth. After all, we do know more about outer space than we do about the darkest depths of our seas. 

But humans are a curious species, and the ocean is continually being explored. Naturally, in some of these expeditions, people have found some mysterious and fascinating objects, hidden deep in the water. Some are historical artifacts, some hold an inexplicable mystery around them.

In 2008, scuba divers in the English Channel stumbled across two massive army tanks on the ocean floor. An investigation revealed it was quite a significant find - the two vehicles dated back to the Second World War. Found eight miles off the West Sussex Coast, the tanks were relatively well-preserved with the guns still intact.

After checking for minute details of the tanks against historical records, investigators managed to identify them as rare British Centaur CS IV tanks. The historic weapons were meant to be used in battle during the D Day landings but never arrived. Historians discovered the tanks fell overboard when a landing craft capsized on its way to the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

Clancy's comment: I wonder what else is down there?

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18 March 2021 - THE UNKNOWN IDENTITY OF 'TANK MAN'

 

 THE UNKNOWN IDENTITY 

OF 'TANK MAN'

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In 1989, a single man stood alone in the way of a line of tanks, halting their progress toward Tiananmen Square in China. 

 

The photo went on to become iconic. Moments after it was taken, the man was dragged off the street by two other unknown people, allowing the tanks to proceed towards their destination, where protesters were gathered to fight against government corruption and for freedom of speech. 

 

 British tabloids nicknamed the lone protestor Tank Man, but his true identity is still unconfirmed. Some believe he was executed for hindering a military operation, others claim he is safe thanks to his anonymity, as there are possible repercussions to what he did, even over 40 years later. 

 

Time Magazine included the ‘unknown rebel’ on a list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. 

 

 

Clancy's comment: Let's hope he's safe and well.

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