The Bataan Death March, 1942 The war came to the Philippines the same day it came to Hawaii and in the same manner – a surprise air attack. In the...
In the history of cryptography, Room 40 (formally I.D. 25) was the room in the Admiralty which was the first location of the British cryptography...
Falkenhayn first came to the German army's attention as a member of the International force during the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. In 1913, he...
GEORGES 'THE TIGER' CLEMENCEAU 1841-1929 After working as a doctor, teacher and journalist, Clemenceau entered politics as Mayor of Montmartre in...
There are many many quotes ... but this one is a poignant one I think ! :( It was in despair that the French General Charles Mangin wrote -...
Has anybody ever heard this story ?? I have a recollection of an account I read years back of a small contingent of men from a tiny village...
Faced with an effective British blockade, fierce resistance from the British and French Armies, the entrance of the United States Army, political...
Was this for one of those secret missions ? ... I've never heard of it before !! In 1942, in response to an Admiralty call for volunteers to be...
Most are American - though I'm sorry to say that even the British Government got in there !! :D:D Famous people say the darndest things!!...
This article by O'Brien Browne really brings home the horrors of this battle .... terrible !!:( Although by the middle of December 1916 the French...
Don't know if you guys have seen this site ... lots of British and Australian Air Force information on here ! JACK EDWARD GIBBS - 1942 - RCAF -...
ARGONNE-VIENNE-LA-VILLE 16 Division May 16, 1918 Order No. 697 General Gallais Cdt of the 16:DI cites to the order of the Division the soldiers...
Makes your heart lurch at the destruction ........ ! Erwin Biesenbach kept all these military archive and private photos for many decades. A lot...
At the outbreak of the war, Czar Nicholas II appointed his cousin, Grand Duke Nicholas as commander in chief. Although not without ability, the Grand...
The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central and, primarily, Eastern Europe. The term is in contrast to the Western Front....
What a poignant legacy for "My Three Kids " .......... :( I am writing this tonight, My three kids By a little candle-light, My three kids...
It's so sad to think that he wasn't even married 6 months !! ..... poor Margaret ! :( In Memory of Lieutenant THOMAS TENNANT 5th Coy.,...
Does anybody know anything about this young Irish soldier and/or the POW camp please ? In Memory of Private W WATT 25010, 13th Bn., Canadian...
Irish VC winner on 21/3/1918 In Memory of Second Lieutenant EDMUND DE WIND V C 15th Bn., Royal Irish Rifles who died age 34 on 21 March...
Quite a few photos but not a lot of information about these flyers ... though I imagine this site is still being worked on .... and it's a wonderful...
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