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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…
Learning to Fly – Six of America’s Most Important Cold War Training Aircraft
“Trainers have to be just challenging enough to fly to eliminate the willing but unworthy yet not so difficult to fly as to be dangerous for the neophyte.” Trainer aircraft are the unsung heroes of…
The Castles of World War Two – Nine Medieval Strongholds and the Amazing Roles They Played in Wartime
“A great many ancient European fortresses figured prominently in the six-year conflict. Consider these.” FROM ITS PERCH HIGH ATOP THE FAMOUS White Cliffs, the sprawling fortress of Dover Castle protected England’s shores from invasion for hundreds of…
‘The First World War in 100 Objects’ – Author Shares Artifacts That Symbolize One of History’s Bloodiest Conflicts
“Peter Doyle’s new book explores the objects we associate with the conflict – and some that still surprise us today.” As one writer has put it ‘objects hold within themselves the worlds of their creators’. Representing…
