New Zealand Listener

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The bayonet is a ghastly weapon. Heard from an enemy trench, the sound of it being whetted is enough to instil fear. The sight of it led even hardened soldiers to panic and break. For sheer psychological impact, writes Australian historian Peter Mont

Writer's Digest

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Underneath the gloves of a fighter are yards of cloth wrap. The wrap tightly binds the bones of the hands together to protect them from the impact of a punch. If wrapped incorrectly, the bones of the hands are vulnerable to breaks. More likely than n

Country Life

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• The museum, in Lambeth, SE1, was established in 1917, when the First World War was still being fought, but didn't open to the public until 1920 • Britain’s army was so short of equipment after Dunkirk that 18 of the museum’s artillery pieces were

Military History

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In October the Marine Corps and U.S. officials marked the 35th anniversary of the 1983 terrorist truck bombing of American peacekeepers’ barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The blast killed 241 U.S. troops, mostly Marines, making it the costliest day for th

World War II

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Q: Why were aircraft markings for the U.S. Army Air Forces (and later the U.S. Air Force) only applied on the top side of the left wing, with none on the right wing? The reverse arrangement was employed on the underside, with markings only on the rig

History of War

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Author: Bernard Wilkin and René Wilkin Publisher: Pen & Sword Military Price: £19.99 Released: Out now The experience of the common soldier has been of particular interest to historians since the ‘new military history’ movement of the 1970s. Previous

History of War

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Reckoning that America would not have the resolve to wage a protracted and bloody war thousands of miles from home, Japan took a huge gamble by launching its surprise aerial attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. However, the plan was not without

NPR

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NPR has obtained details of the report, to be released Thursday, on the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger last October. The report identifies no single failure leading to their deaths.

History of War

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As Alan Forrest makes clear in his introduction to this book, he is not a military historian and that’s precisely why this deep dive into the Battle of Waterloo is so fascinating and rich. Rather than being caught up on the microcosm of events on 18

All About History

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A biopic that’s unlike any you’ve seen before Certificate: 12 Director: Michael Almereyda Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Hannah Gross, Eve Hewson Released: Out now Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an unusual man, so it’s fitting that this biopic is

History of War

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Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air and at sea, fighting with millions of players from all over the world in an ever-evolving environment. In War Thunder, aircraft, attack helicopters, ground forces and naval ships collaborate

Marlin

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“So, what’s the catch?” asked Army veteran Courtney Stecker, when his friend and fellow veteran Drew Hoffman invited him to attend a charitable fishing event in California. Like Stecker, most who receive invitations speculate about what they have to

NPR

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The finding is consistent with experts' suspicions. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons stopped short of saying who was responsible. The U.S. blames the Syrian regime.

World War II

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HELL LET LOOSE Black Matter, 29.99. WORLD WAR II RATING THE BASICS Hell Let Loose pits two opposing teams of 50 online players each against each other in historic combat zones. With an emphasis on Western Front battles in 1944 France and the Battle o

History of War

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PHASE I Gloucester begins the battle with a bombardment mainly aimed at Somerset’s division using archers and artillery fire. Arrows darken the sky, while cannon shot burst through the hedges causing noise, chaos and confusion in the Lancastrian li

History of War

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On 17 December 1944, at the crossroads hamlet of Baugnez around two miles from Malmedy, a small column from Battery B, 285th Field Artillery Observations Battalion of the 7th Armored was spotted by a group of German tanks and half-tracks from Kampfgr

History of War

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Taken: 12 September 1961 Major general E.J.H Bates, director of the Royal Artillery, supervises a crew preparing a Thunderbird guided missile at Horseshoe Barracks, Essex, for departure to Germany. The missile was deployed to support the British Army

Sunday Independent

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Violence is still raging in vast swathes of South Sudan a year after a peace deal was signed to end a civil war that began in 2013, a United Nations report said on Friday. ■

Pretoria News Weekend

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PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa received Letters of Credence from a large group of ambassadors and high commissioners nominated by governments to serve in diplomatic missions in South Africa. The ceremony, delayed by Covid-19, took place at the Sefako Makg

The Atlantic

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On September 14, Russia and Belarus launched a massive military exercise along their western borders and in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. It’s meant to mimic war with three invented adversaries: Veishnoriya, the Western-backed aggressor in the

All About History

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Leader Perhaps motivated by revenge, William of Jülich received a grand welcome as he arrived to assist Flemish arms. Strengths: Popular with his troops and a solid tactician. Weaknesses: Little experience in actual combat situations. Key unit Althou

World War II

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THE STORY BEGINS with the telegram every military family dreads. Private Tom Greenwood (top left), operating with the 22nd Armoured Brigade behind German lines in North Africa, had been “killed in action” on June 13, 1942, read the terse dispatch fro

Flight Journal

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The World War II air war quickly escalated into an arms race, Axis versus Allies, as both sides rushed to get new and more lethal aircraft into battle with improved designs and armaments. As battle situations changed, so did the fighter roles: bomber

ARCHAEOLOGY

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For three days in August of 1862, a small stream called Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, became the site of one of the most decisive contests of the second year of the Civil War. Just 13 months before, the Battle of First Manassas, also known as the

Futurity

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On December 19, 2018, President Trump announced he wants to pull troops out of Syria because the United States military had achieved its goal of defeating the Islamic State militant group there. In this Q&A, terrorism expert Martha Crenshaw, a senior

History of War

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American soldiers come ashore at Daiquiri, Cuba, during the opening phase of the Santiago de Cuba campaign The lighthouse and Castle of Tres Reyes del Morro were symbols of Spanish pride that dominate Havana harbour Opening the Santiago de Cuba camp

The Christian Science Monitor

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Moral pressure to protect civilians is rising in many forums, helping to set a limit on wider war.

History Revealed

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DATE: 14 October 1066 LOCATION: Senlac Hill (now in the town of Battle), Sussex – seven miles northwest of Hastings TERRAIN: A steep ridge above areas of marsh FORCES: Both unknown. Anglo-Saxons, possibly up to 8,000; Normans, probably more than 8,00

The Railway Magazine

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THIS year sees the centenary of the end of the First World War. Railways played a crucial and differing role in each of the two major global conflicts of the 20th century. Trench warfare was a prime strategy in the First World War, with narrow-gaug

Mother Jones

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FOR THE WORLD to be made anew, it would have to be seen anew. Richard Edes Harrison's influential pilot's-eye-view map, first published in 1941, both reflected and facilitated a changing vision of the United States' place in the international order.