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The boredom and banter of blockhouse life: A glimpse into history’s unseen struggles
A look at the day-to-day routines of soldiers assigned to guard the 8,000-odd blockhouses spanning South Africa during the ...
This WWII soldier knocked out 6 German pillboxes and took 18 prisoners by himself
Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.
The Joplin Globe6d
Sleepless night in churches and barns on World War II Long March
The Long March began at Stalag Luft III, in what is now Zagan, Poland. Stalag Luft III was a prisoner-of-war camp built by ...
A doctor was deployed to an Arctic research station during the Cold War. Decades later, he learned its secret purpose
The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ice melt accelerates, its story isn’t over yet.
Andover Advertiser13d
David Borrett's feature: Soldier who died in the Boer War
Relentlessly, history rolls on and events that were once within reach of human memory can no longer be recalled.
The Island14d
Sacrilege, Remembrance, and War Heroes Day
Soon, soon, to faithful warriors comes the rest” by Zingari Was it not sacriIege when for the first time in the history of Remembrance Day of the two world wars that the commemoration was held not on ...
Wilson Center16d
Nuclear History Boot Camp
Apply Now for Summer 2023! Aimed at building a new generation of experts on the international history of nuclear weapons, the eleventh Nuclear History Boot Camp is an initiative of the Nuclear ...
i24NEWS21d
Israel's right-wing camp hails order to block goods from entering Gaza
Now is the time to open the gates of hell, to shut off the electricity and water, to return to war, and most importantly, not to settle for just half of the hostages, but to return to President ...
awm.gov.au21d
Sergeant John Woods Whittle
John Whittle was born in Tasmania. He served in the Boer War then joined the Royal Navy. After five years he returned to the army. He enlisted in the 12th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, in August ...
Sky24d
Ukraine war: Which countries could Putin go for next? Is Europe vulnerable to a nuclear-armed bully? Your questions answered
Our security and defence analyst Michael Clarke has answered tonnes of questions on the Ukraine war that you've sent through. Some of the questions he's answered are: What could a peacekeeping ...
Australian Geographic25d
Defining Moments in Australian History: ‘Breaker’ Morant executed
Just before the Boer War ended, lieutenants Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and Peter ... They destroyed Boer farms and interned civilians in concentration camps where, weakened by malnutrition, 28,000 Boer ...
gijn.org25d
‘Border of Tears’: Interviewing Victims of China’s Xinjiang Prison Camps
Subjected to arbitrary arrests and forced labor, sterilizations to torture, more than one million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other minorities are estimated to have been locked up in so-called ...