Remembrance Day: the enduring nature of the first two-minute silence
Daniel McKay, University of Cambridge At 11am on November 11 1919 a great silence fell over the British Empire. Everywhere […]
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Daniel McKay, University of Cambridge At 11am on November 11 1919 a great silence fell over the British Empire. Everywhere […]
In Part 2, Joe told us about his experiences during the D-day landings. Now we can read about life in […]
Joe Ingham’s account of preparation for D-Day and his experiences as a Churchill AVRE crewman in 79th Division as Montgomery’s […]
By Bertie Lawson On the 15th December 1943, Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Southeast […]
This is a true-life story of national servicemen called up and sent to the other side of the world into […]
TMT is publishing a series of short, historical accounts of National Servicemen who were awarded the GSM while serving in […]
As we reach the end of January and a band of snow moves across Britain, it brings to […]
In this piece, TMT has taken the account of a soldier waiting to be demobbed at the end of WW1. […]
As the drama of the build-up to the 100th Anniversary of the end of the Great War recedes, it is […]
GWR honours WW1 fallen workers with specially commissioned Armistice train Great Western Railway is marking 100 years since the […]
The international animal charity, SPANA, has called on all of us to remember the ‘forgotten victims’ –the many millions of […]
The Poppy we now see being worn has a small black inner circle on which the words “Poppy Appeal” […]
At a time when the British Army is talking about women fighting in the frontline, and the Ghurkhas have opened […]
It is reported that the Defence Select Committee is to look into the issue of protecting former members of […]
Chapel Street “the Bravest Little Street in England” the History Press As soon as you open this book you […]
Much has been written about the Battle of Amiens in recent days. It was the beginning of what is now […]
We all know our cousins across the water really “won the war”, and, to be fair, it is hard to […]
This weekend, The Military Times attended the Dig For Victory Show at the Somerset Show Ground, on Sunday morning, organisers, […]
On April 20th, 1918, in Seicheprey, France, near the St. Mihiel Salient, American soldiers engaged in their first significant infantry […]
A1C William Pitsenbarger. Air Force photo A common theme for all those who receive the Medal of Honor is that […]