Best Der Plot Podcasts (2025)

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Slug (song) 2:02

25m ago2:02

2:02

fWotD Episode 3108: Slug (song) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 7 November 2025, is Slug (song). "Slug" is a song by Passengers, a side project of musician Brian Eno and rock band U2. It is the second track on Passengers' sole release, the 1995 expe…

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Sieges of Berwick (1355 and 1356) 2:32

13h ago2:32

2:32

fWotD Episode 3107: Sieges of Berwick (1355 and 1356) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 6 November 2025, is Sieges of Berwick (1355 and 1356). The sieges of Berwick were the Scottish capture of the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed on 6 November 1355 and t…

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Gunpowder Plot 3:56

1d ago3:56

3:56

fWotD Episode 3106: Gunpowder Plot Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 5 November 2025, is Gunpowder Plot. The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted r…

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Guy Fawkes: The Powder, the Plot, and the Punishment 1:07:40

1d ago1:07:40

1:07:40

History remembers Guy Fawkes as the man who tried—and failed—to blow up Parliament. But the real story is bigger, bloodier, and far more explosive. In this Bonfire Night episode, Ben Thompson is joined by Samuel Datta to tell the tale of a soldier turned saboteur, a plot fueled by faith and fury, and how one man’s failure became one of the most fam…

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2019 Champion of Champions 2:15

3d ago2:15

2:15

fWotD Episode 3105: 2019 Champion of Champions Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 4 November 2025, is 2019 Champion of Champions. The 2019 Champion of Champions (officially the 2019 ManBetX Champion of Champions) was a professional snooker tournament …

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Nizaa language 1:49

4d ago1:49

1:49

fWotD Episode 3104: Nizaa language Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 3 November 2025, is Nizaa language. Nizaa (Nizaa pronunciation: [nɪ˦zʌː˧˨], romanized: nízαὰ), also known as Galim, Nyamnyam, and Suga, is an endangered Mambiloid language spoken in …

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Allan Walters 2:47

4d ago2:47

2:47

fWotD Episode 3103: Allan Walters Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 2 November 2025, is Allan Walters. Allan Leslie Walters, CB, CBE, AFC (2 November 1905 – 19 October 1968) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Born in Vict…

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African striped weasel 3:27

6d ago3:27

3:27

fWotD Episode 3102: African striped weasel Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 1 November 2025, is African striped weasel. The African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha), also known as the white-naped weasel, striped weasel or African weasel, is a…

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Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 2:51

7d ago2:51

2:51

fWotD Episode 3101: Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 31 October 2025, is Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79. Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild ('God the Lord is sun and shield'), BWV 79, is a church ca…

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1858 Bradford sweets poisoning 1:54

8d ago1:54

1:54

fWotD Episode 3100: 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 30 October 2025, is 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning. In 1858 a batch of sweets in Bradford, England, was accidentally adulterated with poisonous arsenic trioxide. Ab…

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Ted Williams: The Slugger Who Became a Fighter 1:05:04

9d ago1:05:04

1:05:04

It's World Series time! So let's talk some badass baseball. In today's episode, Ben is joined by TimeGhost historian and baseball enthusiast Indy Neidell to tell the story of Ted Williams. Williams wasn’t just one of the greatest hitters in baseball history — he was a fighter pilot, a war hero, and a man who could stare down both a fastball and ene…

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John Bullock Clark 4:16

10d ago4:16

4:16

fWotD Episode 3099: John Bullock Clark Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 29 October 2025, is John Bullock Clark. John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a militia officer and politician who served as a member of the United St…

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Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War) 2:11

10d ago2:11

2:11

fWotD Episode 3098: Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 28 October 2025, is Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War). During the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC a rebel army under Mathos was besieged by a Carthaginian force under …

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How You Get the Girl 2:34

11d ago2:34

2:34

fWotD Episode 3097: How You Get the Girl Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 27 October 2025, is How You Get the Girl. "How You Get the Girl" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). She wrote it…

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Oriental Stories 1:48

12d ago1:48

1:48

fWotD Episode 3096: Oriental Stories Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 26 October 2025, is Oriental Stories. Oriental Stories, later retitled The Magic Carpet Magazine, was an American pulp magazine published by Popular Fiction and edited by Farnswort…

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Act of Accord 2:42

13d ago2:42

2:42

fWotD Episode 3095: Act of Accord Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 25 October 2025, is Act of Accord. The Act of Accord (39 Hen. 6) was an act of the Parliament of England. It was passed on 25 October 1460 during a period of intense political divis…

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Red-billed quelea 2:57

14d ago2:57

2:57

fWotD Episode 3094: Red-billed quelea Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 24 October 2025, is Red-billed quelea. The red-billed quelea (; Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small, migratory, sparrow-like bird o…

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Redshift 2:43

15d ago2:43

2:43

fWotD Episode 3093: Redshift Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 23 October 2025, is Redshift. In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, or equivalently, a decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such …

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Martha Gellhorn: Bylines and Bombshells 1:02:13

17d ago1:02:13

1:02:13

In today's episode Ben Thompson is joined by Shaina Steinberg to tell the story of Martha Gellhorn, the trailblazing war correspondent who smuggled herself into war zones, broke every rule that needed breaking, and filed some of the most powerful eyewitness accounts of the 20th century. From the Spanish Civil War to D-Day to the jungles of Vietnam,…

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Deer Lady 2:29

16d ago2:29

2:29

fWotD Episode 3092: Deer Lady Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 22 October 2025, is Deer Lady. "Deer Lady" is the third episode of the third season of the comedy and teen drama television series Reservation Dogs. The twenty-first episode overall, i…

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Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C. 2:32

17d ago2:32

2:32

fWotD Episode 3091: Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C. Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 21 October 2025, is Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C.. The football match between Manchester United and Ipswich Town played at Old Trafford,…

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Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006 2:34

18d ago2:34

2:34

fWotD Episode 3090: Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006 Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 20 October 2025, is Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006. Illinois Public Access Opinion 16‑006 is a binding opinion of the Illinois Attorney General pursuant…

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U.S. Route 34 in Iowa 3:21

19d ago3:21

3:21

fWotD Episode 3089: U.S. Route 34 in Iowa Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 19 October 2025, is U.S. Route 34 in Iowa. U. S. Highway 34 (US 34) is a United States Highway that runs across the southern third of Iowa. It begins on a bridge over the Miss…

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Ulfcytel 2:16

21d ago2:16

2:16

fWotD Episode 3088: Ulfcytel Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 18 October 2025, is Ulfcytel. Ulfcytel (died 1016) was an early eleventh-century East Anglian military leader. He commanded East Anglian forces in a battle in 1004 against Danish Viking …

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Neutral Milk Hotel 3:03

22d ago3:03

3:03

fWotD Episode 3087: Neutral Milk Hotel Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 17 October 2025, is Neutral Milk Hotel. Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in the late 1980s. They were active until 1998, and th…

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Angela Lansbury 3:55

22d ago3:55

3:55

fWotD Episode 3086: Angela Lansbury Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 16 October 2025, is Angela Lansbury. Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was a British-American-Irish actress, producer, and comedian. In a career sp…

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The Viking Who Invented Dublin and the Saint Who Invented Petty Violence 53:22

24d ago53:22

53:22

This week, Ben and Pat are heading to Ireland for a double dose of destruction, divinity, and a surprisingly violent debate over a book. First up: Turgesius the Devil, a Viking warlord who didn’t just raid Ireland—he built cities, crowned himself king, and let his witch queen turn cathedrals into goat-sacrificing prophecy hubs. Then it’s Saint Colu…

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Jozo Tomasevich 4:44

23d ago4:44

4:44

fWotD Episode 3085: Jozo Tomasevich Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 15 October 2025, is Jozo Tomasevich. Josip "Jozo" Tomasevich (1908 – October 15, 1994; Serbo-Croatian: Josip Tomašević) was an American economist and historian whose speciality w…

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Fourpence (British coin) 1:54

24d ago1:54

1:54

fWotD Episode 3084: Fourpence (British coin) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 14 October 2025, is Fourpence (British coin). The British fourpence coin, sometimes known as a groat, "joey" or fourpenny bit, is a silver coin worth 1⁄60 of one pound or …

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Tell es-Sakan 3:54

26d ago3:54

3:54

fWotD Episode 3083: Tell es-Sakan Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 13 October 2025, is Tell es-Sakan. Tell es-Sakan (Arabic: تل السكن, lit. 'Hill of Ash') is a tell (a mound created by the accumulation of the remains of consecutive settlements) about…

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2021 World Figure Skating Championships 2:08

27d ago2:08

2:08

fWotD Episode 3082: 2021 World Figure Skating Championships Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 12 October 2025, is 2021 World Figure Skating Championships. The 2021 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 22 to 28, 2021, at the Ericsson…

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Georg Karo 3:07

28d ago3:07

3:07

fWotD Episode 3081: Georg Karo Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 11 October 2025, is Georg Karo. Georg Heinrich Karo (11 January 1872 – 12 November 1963) was a German archaeologist who specialised in Mycenaean and Etruscan civilisation. He was twice…

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Tragic Kingdom 2:43

29d ago2:43

2:43

fWotD Episode 3080: Tragic Kingdom Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 10 October 2025, is Tragic Kingdom. Tragic Kingdom is the third studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on October 10, 1995, by Trauma Records and Interscope Records. I…

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REPLAY -- Milo of Croton: All Muscle, No Chill. 1:07:58

28d ago1:07:58

1:07:58

To follow up our episode with The Smashing Machine, Mark Kerr - we're diving into the archive to replay our deeper dive into the story of Milo of Croton. -- -- Step into the arena with Milo of Croton, the ancient Greek strongman whose feats of strength turned him into a living legend. In this episode, Ben and Pat explore how Milo went from an Olymp…

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Chris Pratt 3:53

29d ago3:53

3:53

fWotD Episode 3079: Chris Pratt Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 9 October 2025, is Chris Pratt. Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor and film producer. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.1 billion wor…

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Terraria 3:13

1M ago3:13

3:13

By Abulsme Productions

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Mark Kerr: The Smashing Machine (with special guest Mark Kerr) 51:58

1M ago51:58

51:58

In the savage early days of MMA, before the bright lights and billion-dollar paydays, there was one man who fought like a force of nature. Mark Kerr wasn’t just a wrestler — he was a six-foot-one, 250-pound experiment in human willpower. A world champion who walked into underground Brazilian cage fights, broke his hand mid-match, and kept fighting …

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Licancabur 2:34

1M ago2:34

2:34

By Abulsme Productions

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70 Pine Street 2:42

1M ago2:42

2:42

fWotD Episode 3076: 70 Pine Street Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 6 October 2025, is 70 Pine Street. 70 Pine Street (formerly known as the 60 Wall Tower, Cities Service Building, and American International Building) is a 67-story, 952-foot (290 m) …

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Otto Hahn 4:10

1M ago4:10

4:10

fWotD Episode 3075: Otto Hahn Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 5 October 2025, is Otto Hahn. Otto Hahn (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈhaːn] ; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry. He is referred to as t…

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Clownfish 2:29

1M ago2:29

2:29

fWotD Episode 3074: Clownfish Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 4 October 2025, is Clownfish. Clownfishes or anemonefishes (genus Amphiprion) are saltwater fishes found in the warm and tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. They mainly inhabit coral r…

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Spaghetti House siege 2:00

1M ago2:00

2:00

fWotD Episode 3073: Spaghetti House siege Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 3 October 2025, is Spaghetti House siege. The Spaghetti House siege took place between 28 September and 3 October 1975. An attempted robbery of the Spaghetti House restaurant …

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2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship 2:28

1M ago2:28

2:28

fWotD Episode 3072: 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Thursday, 2 October 2025, is 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship. The 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten…

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Xenophon: The March Through Madness 1:03:33

1M ago1:03:33

1:03:33

Xenophon was a philosophy student, a Socratic thinker, and a pampered Athenian aristocrat who signed up for a mercenary road trip into Persia and accidentally became one of the greatest battlefield leaders in Greek history. When his army’s generals were betrayed and slaughtered, Xenophon—who had never commanded a single soldier—rallied 10,000 stran…

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Yugoslav torpedo boat T4 2:51

1M ago2:51

2:51

fWotD Episode 3071: Yugoslav torpedo boat T4 Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Wednesday, 1 October 2025, is Yugoslav torpedo boat T4. T4 was a seagoing torpedo boat operated by the Royal Yugoslav Navy between 1921 and 1932. Originally 79 T, a 250t-class torp…

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Battle of Morlaix 3:03

1M ago3:03

3:03

fWotD Episode 3070: Battle of Morlaix Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Tuesday, 30 September 2025, is Battle of Morlaix. The battle of Morlaix was fought near the village of Lanmeur in Brittany on 30 September 1342 between an Anglo-Breton army and a far larg…

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Casey Stengel 4:25

1M ago4:25

4:25

fWotD Episode 3069: Casey Stengel Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Monday, 29 September 2025, is Casey Stengel. Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (; July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder and manager, best …

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Feather (song) 2:38

1M ago2:38

2:38

fWotD Episode 3068: Feather (song) Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Sunday, 28 September 2025, is Feather (song). "Feather" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from Emails I Can't Send Fwd, the 2023 deluxe edition of her fifth studio album, Emails…

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Stockton and Darlington Railway 2:49

1M ago2:49

2:49

fWotD Episode 3067: Stockton and Darlington Railway Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Saturday, 27 September 2025, is Stockton and Darlington Railway. The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 18…

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SMS Rheinland 2:44

1M ago2:44

2:44

fWotD Episode 3066: SMS Rheinland Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles. The featured article for Friday, 26 September 2025, is SMS Rheinland. SMS Rheinland was one of four Nassau-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Rheinland …

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