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Singapore, another failure we need to learn about!
Singapore, today is an independent city state, but in 1942 was a jewel in the British Empire, and as…
The unknown Battle of Gravelines
Have you ever heard of the Battle of Gravelines, to explain, it was a battle between the English an …
How old is the shield wall the police use today?
Today when a demonstration that goes nasty, we see the police build a shield wall to defend themselv…
The Combat of the Thirty
The Combat of the Thirty took place in France on 26th March 1351, during the Breton War of Successio…
The Calcutta Light horse and Operation Creek
The Calcutta Light Horse and Operation Creek If you think that the Home Guard, which we now know aff…
In the middle of a war the opposing sides climb out of their trenches and play football!
World War I or “The Great War”, as it became known, began in August 1914. On the Western Front both …