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The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina betwee...

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The Vietnam War , also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Again...

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The Falklands War was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over...

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