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England's Secret Weapon: The Two Million Ton Megacarrier Made of Ice (2018x43)
Yayınlanma tarihi: Şub 16, 2018
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Britain was taking a beating from the German ships and submarines and were looking for something to build a ship out of that couldn’t be destroyed by torpedoes, or at least could take a major pounding without incurring a fatal amount of damage. With steel and aluminum in short supply, Allied scientists and engineers were encouraged to come up with alternative materials and weapons.
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