Weapons and Weapons Systems

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Marine with Remington M870 Shotgun
Marine with Remington M870 Shotgun

Today in WW II: 8 Jul 1940 Tea rationing begins in Britain.  More 
8 Jul 1941 Jews living under German occupation in Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania ordered to wear a Jewish Star.
8 Jul 1942 US Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Chester Nimitz orders invasion of Guadalcanal, Solomon islands, to seize a strategic Japanese airfield.
8 Jul 1944 US forces on Saipan mop up after surviving a 15-hour banzai charge, one of the largest ever, defesting over 3000 Japanese soldiers plus wounded and civilians who participated.
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Weapons and Weapons Systems