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In February 1968 the Soviet nuclear missile submarine K-129 left the port of Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka peninsula with a crew of 98 submariners. The captain and executive officers were experienced: the only factor giving cause for concern was that the crew had only recently returned to base and were expecting a longer break and were only back at sea because two sister ships had experienced mechanical problems and were unfit for combat patrols. The Division Commander complained that the decision was cruel and potentially reckless. He would be proved right - but not publicly - as K-129 went down with all hands in March 1968. It was a while before the Soviet navy realised that it had lost one of its submarines and despite an extensive search they couldn't find it. [[The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History by Josh Dean|Full Review]]
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===[[Waterloo Voices 1815: The Battle at First Hand by Martyn Beardsley]]===
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The battle of Waterloo, fought on a midsummer day on a muddy field in Belgium, brought an end to two decades of war in Europe. As one of the pivotal events of the nineteenth century, it has inevitably been the focus of many accounts over the last two hundred years. [[Waterloo Voices 1815: The Battle at First Hand by Martyn Beardsley|Full Review]]
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