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Christmas Truce Eyewitness — Irish Great War Vet Recalls the Famous Ceasefire of 1914
“It was Christmas Day and the ceasefire held. With the sun fully up, Germans suddenly appeared in No Man’s Land.” By Brendan Farrell MY GRANDFATHER, Peter Farrell of Drumconrath, County Meath, like many thousands of…
The Arctic Convoys — Inside the Second World War’s Gruelling Polar Naval Campaign
“It was possibly the harshest place on Earth to conduct a war and led to Churchill describing the Arctic convoys as ‘the worst journey in the world.’” By John McKay THE ARCTIC convoys were a…
The Girardoni Air Rifle – Why Didn’t More 18th Century Armies Rush to Adopt This Experimental Rapid-Fire Infantry Weapon?
“The Girardoni was the first repeating rifle to see regular military service and the first to employ a tubular magazine. It featured a magazine of 22 shots and had an effective range of 125 yards.”…
The Battle for the P-51 Mustang – How the U.S. Military Almost Rejected the One of the Best Fighters of WW2
“For all its world-beating qualities, this silver bullet of a plane would initially be shunted aside by the U.S. Army Air Forces.” By David Fairbank White And Margaret Stanback White …
The Sinking of U-501 — Inside the Royal Canadian Navy’s First U-Boat Kill of WW2
“Within two minutes of detecting the enemy submarine, Chambly released a pattern of five depth charges that damaged U-501, forcing her to the surface a mere 400 yards off Moose Jaw’s bow.” By James Brun…
The Heroes of Graignes – How Residents of a Small Normandy Town Saved the Lives of More Than 100 U.S. Paratroopers
“It began when 12-year-old Marthe encountered a ‘tall’ paratrooper without a helmet or weapons who asked for shelter. Marthe went to the nearby home of her grandfather, seeking advice. The old man cautioned the girl….
