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Secret Weapons of Nazi Germany

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Jim Keys

With the rise of Adolf Hitler and National Socialist Party, every aspect of life in the Third Reich was devoted

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World War II 

The Fall of Singapore

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Jim Keys Admiral Thomas Phillips, Japan, Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, Prince of Wales, Repulse, Singapore, Task Force Z, Yamashita

The unbelievable complacency of the British Far East High Command when faced with Japanese aggression resulted in the loss of

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World War II 

Aktion Rheinland

April 30, 2014June 19, 2020 Richard H Cummings Aktion Rheinland, Düsseldorf, resistance

On 16 April 2014, I attended a Düsseldorf police sponsored memorial ceremony at the exact location, where five men of

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World War II 

Arnhem

December 23, 2013June 19, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'a bridge too far', 'operation market garden', arnhem, Eindhoven, Frost, Kussin, montgomery, Nijmegen, Oosterbeek, PIAT, Spindler

“Where is the Prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defence as that 10,000

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Wars, Battles & Campaigns 

Ayo Gurkhali!

October 12, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Ayo Gurkhali', 'Rambahadur Limbu', 'Sungei Koemba', Gurkha, Kukri, Maunsell, Sukarno

Seldom in the history of warfare has an enemy so won the admiration of its opponents that it gets invited

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Wars, Battles & Campaigns 

Operation Barras

October 12, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Gberi Bana', 'Revolutionary United Front', 'sierra leone', 'West Side Boys', 'West Side Niggaz', Kallay, Magbeni, UNAMSIL

Sierra Leone is a former British colony in West Africa, about the size of Scotland and has been wracked by

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Wars, Battles & Campaigns 

The Heights of Abraham

July 29, 2013July 21, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'plains of abraham', 'seven years war', howe, montcalm, quebec, Vaudreuil, westerham, wolfe

In 1759, Britain was locked in a struggle with the French for control of Eastern Canada. The French had established

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Wars, Battles & Campaigns 

The Start of the Sikh Wars

July 2, 2013June 18, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'east india company', 'Maharajah Duleep Singh', 'sikh wars', 'Sir Harry Smith', 'Sir Henry Hardinge', 'Sir Henry Lawrence', 'Sir Hugh Gough', 'Tej Singh', 'Treaty of Bhyowal', 'Vizier Lal Singh', colonialism, Ferozepur, khalsa, Kirpan, sepoy, surat

When Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of Punjab died in 1839, the empire he had built gradually became disordered and descended into

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World War II 

Kohima and Imphal

February 23, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Chiang Kai Shek', 'military history', 'world war two battles', assam, Gracey, imphal, kohima, Mutaguchi, Myazaki, Scoones, Stilwell, wwii

The battles of Kohima and Imphal became two of the greatest struggles of the Second World War, rivalling El Alamein

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World War II 

Taranto

January 28, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'wwii naval battle', swordfish, taranto

The Italians thought that their mighty battle fleet, the Regia Marina, would be safe in Taranto harbour, but 20 obsolescent

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