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‘The Yanks Are Coming’ – The Issues That Drove America To War in 1917 Still Resonate a Century Later
“The United States entered the war in response to issues that still resonate—terror attacks on passenger travel and clandestine surveillance of and by foreign governments.” By Christopher Kelly ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago this week, President…
The Reinvention of Valentine Baker – How a Disgraced British Army Officer Salvaged His Career on a Foreign Battlefield
“Baker intended to overcome this shame and humiliation by his achievements on the battlefield.” By Frank Jastrzembski COLONEL VALENTINE BAKER had few options after his release from prison in August 1876. Dishonourably discharged and banished…
The Fuhrer’s Benz — Hitler’s Curious Obsession with Mercedes Limosines
“Hitler owned his first Mercedes at the age of 34.” By Robert Klara ADOLF HITLER loved automobiles (unlike trains, he proclaimed, cars were instruments of the individual will), but his devotion belonged to the Mercedes…
Meet Charles Upham — The New Zealander Who Won Two Victoria Crosses in WW2
“Upham was wounded three times in the next two days, but refused to leave the front line.” By Rafe McGregor CHARLES UPHAM is usually referred to as either ‘New Zealand’s war hero’ or the ‘outstanding…
Meet ‘Little Sorrel’ – Stonewall Jackson’s Trusty (But Improbable) War Horse
“The animal’s appearance was altogether so peculiar that Confederate general Richard Taylor described him as ‘a sorry chestnut with a shambling gait.’” By Sharon B. Smith IN THE 3,000 years that humans have gone to war…
The Heroes of Palawan – How Survivors of a Japanese Massacre Lived to Tell the Tale of Atrocities in the Philippines
“The 11 men that got away would report the atrocities of Palawan, ultimately leading to the salvation of thousands.” By Stephen L. Moore AFTER WADING ASHORE on Leyte’s Red Beach on Oct. 20, 1944, General…
