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| Tango01 | 22 Jun 2018 3:29 p.m. PST |
… Roosevelt's Response. "Maracaibo is the second largest city in Venezuela with a population of 1.3 million people. It is situated along the waterway that runs from Lake Maracaibo (the largest lake in South America) to the Caribbean Sea.
Maracaibo was originally named New Nurnberg when it was founded by Germans in 1529. It was abandoned when the settlement came under repeated attacks by native tribes. The Spanish came along in 1574 and resettled it. Renamed Maracaibo, it came under repeated attacks by buccaneers in the 1600s.
In 1623, the Spanish built an impressive fort on the island of San Carlos in order to protect the entrance to Lake Maracaibo and prevent access to the lands beyond…."
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| Chuckaroobob | 23 Jun 2018 12:08 p.m. PST |
Sounds almost pulpy: US Marines, Brits, Germans and Venezuelians all duking it out… |
| Tango01 | 24 Jun 2018 3:44 p.m. PST |
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adds an infantry platoon to his WWI Brits.
