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  2. The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia

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    The National WWII Museum, formerly known as The National D-Day Museum, is a military history museum located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Andrew Higgins Drive between Camp Street and Magazine Street. The museum focuses on the contribution made by the United States to Allied victory in World War II.

  3. Major D'Aquin's Battalion of Free Men of Color - Wikipedia

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    Major D'Aquin's Battalion of Free Men of Color was a Louisiana Militia unit consisting of free people of color which fought in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. The unit's nominal commander was Major Louis D'Aquin, but during the battle it was led by Captain Joseph Savary.

  4. War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [283] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).

  5. Battle of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The Buccaneer, a 1938 American adventure film made by Cecil B. DeMille starring Fredric March, was based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. The Buccaneer , a 1958 pirate - war film starring Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte and Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson , is a fictionalization of the privateer Lafitte ...

  6. List of museums in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Formerly the National D-Day Museum. Focuses on the United States' contribution to victory in World War II and the Battle of Normandy website: New Canal Lighthouse Museum and Education Center: Lakeshore/Lake Vista: Maritime: Operated by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, reconstructed lighthouse and museum New Orleans African American ...

  7. Destruction of Warsaw - Wikipedia

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    The destruction of Warsaw was practically unparalleled in the Second World War, with it being noted that "Perhaps no city suffered more than Warsaw during World War II", with historian Alexandra Richie stating that "The destruction of Warsaw was unique even in the terrible history of the Second World War". [1]

  8. The Arsenal (New Orleans) - Wikipedia

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    The Old Louisiana State Armory, commonly referred to as the Arsenal, faces St. Peter Street in the French Quarter only a few yards from historic Jackson Square in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1914 it has served as a Louisiana State Museum site; it is open to the public via the adjacent Cabildo museum.

  9. New Orleans Squadron - Wikipedia

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    Between the War of 1812 and 1830, piracy in the West Indies flared up again, prompting the United States to take more serious action against the outlaws. By 1818, Jean Lafitte commanded a fleet of ships pirating out of Galveston, Texas; so the New Orleans Squadron began operations against him. About this time Lafitte suffered a significant ...