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A country boy from Queensland, John Cantwell signed up to the army as a private and rose to the rank of major general. He was ...
The Japanese High Command realised that the loss of Okinawa would give the Americans a base for the invasion of Japan. Its desperate response was ...
History is marked by great moments of human achievement, of epic triumph against all odds, and China's Long March was one of the most ...
The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the ...
A total of 10,500 missiles were launched as part of the V1 attack, of which 3,957 were destroyed by the defences. Indeed, it ...
Day-by-day account of a German fighter squadron, one of only two Luftwaffe units to spend the entire war in the WestCovers D-Day and the Normandy ...
The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan 'supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Adolf Hitler, was epitomised by the ...
The story of the Battle of Waterloo of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Blucher and their allied armies ...
The 10th was the only US mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations ...
While the Allies largely relied on mass production to help them win World War II, Germany put a great deal of their limited resources into ...
In April 1945, Churchill said to Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 'There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies ...
Throughout history cities have been at the center of warfare, from sieges to street-fighting, from peace-keeping to coups de mains. Sun Tzu admonished his readers ...
At the beginning of World War II, the Luftwaffe was the world's most advanced air force. With superior tactics, aircraft and training, it cut ...
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the largest army in the world. China is predicted to be on the brink of overtaking the ...
