History of War – October 2019

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alsofollowedelsewherein Carthage’sdomains, withunrelatedmercenariesonSardinia revoltingandseizingcontrolof theisland. Commandof ...

Images: Alamy, Getty Thisperiodof mercilessatrocityand counter-atrocity, in which no quarter was given, earned the conflict the ...

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enemysoldiersduringAustralia’smostremarkablebattleoftheVietnamWar T heBattleof LongTanwasa brutaleventthatcameto define Australi ...

Anofficerin Malaya Bornin 1933in Hobart,Tasmania,Smithwas a metallurgistapprenticebeforehewascalled upfornationalservicein Janua ...

D COMPANY’S SMALL ARSENAL HARRY SMITH’S MEN WERE WELL EQUIPPED BUT THEIR WEAPONSPALEDWITHTHE FORMIDABLE ARMOURY OF THEIR ENEMIES ...

TheattackalertedBrigadierOliverJackson to thebase’svulnerabilityto VietCongattacks andA, B andC Companiesof 6 RARwere sentoutthe ...

Smithpicturedat NuiDat SmithdescribesthenumericallysuperiorVietCongand NorthVietnameseforceshefacedas“certainlyvery braveanddidn ...

his platoon commanders, “We constantly talked to each other. They would advise me where the enemy was coming in and I’d tell the ...

AlthoughtheAnzacartillerywasof critical importanceto D Company’ssurvival,inaccurate smallarmsfirefromtheVietCongwasalso signific ...

nodoubtin mymindthatwehaddefeated theenemy.TheAPCsgotto within 300 metres southof usandtheycouldseetheVietCong disappearingin th ...

HarrySmithis theauthorof theautobiographyTheBattle OfLongTan.TheCommander’s Story, whichis publishedbyBig SkyPublishing. Topurch ...

During the darkest hours of WWIIthousands of women answered the call and kept the UK’s war industry alive Image: Getty ‘Annieget ...

Wrensattachedto the FleetAirArm,wearing pilots’uniforms,placing a wirelessin a Westland Lysanderin September 1942.Thesewerethe f ...

Images: Women of the Home Front/Mirrorpix Womenof the ATSwhorepaired armyvehiclesat a RoyalElectrical andMechanical Engineers(RE ...

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