Category: Units
A Bloody Baptism of Fire — The 8th Lincolns at the Battle of Loos, 1915
“The 8th Lincolns paid a terrible price for the errors made by High Command.” By Nigel Atter BY THE END of 1914, the Western Front had consolidated into 400 miles of continuous trenches stretching from…
The Flying Tigers — 12 Facts About America’s Legendary Volunteer Fighter Squadron
“The victories of these Americans over the rice paddies of Burma are comparable in character, if not in scope, with those won by the RAF over the hop fields of Kent in the Battle of…
“A Mob in Uniform” – How the Rowdy Australians Outraged the Brass in WW1 (And Terrified the Enemy)
“I have never seen a body of men in uniform with less idea of discipline.” – General Sir Archibald Murray By Craig Deayton LIKE ALL nations that fought in the First World War, Australia paid a…
A Violent Defection – How a Battalion of Ukrainian SS Troops Mutinied and Joined the French Resistance
“A mutiny of the battalion had been arranged through negotiations between four Ukrainian officers and… a taciturn resistance operative.” By Matt Rohde ON THE LAST Sunday of August 1944, the Second World War delivered to…
Operation “China Show” – The Top Secret Mission of Germany’s Zeppelin L 59
“The mission would be a risky one – no airship had ever flown such a distance.” TO DESCRIBE Germany’s Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck as a thorn in the side of the British Empire would be something of…
America’s Citizen Soldiers — A Short History of the Militia in the United States
“The idea of the ‘citizen-soldier’ retained a strong romantic hold over the nation’s leaders. “ By Angry Staff Officer THE IDEA OF a militia – that is a group of armed citizens that enter military…
