Jim Keys, Author at The History Herald

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This story of Captain Fogarty Fegan and the crew of the Armed Merchantman Jervis Bay typifies the fighting spirit and

Had Hitler succeeded in his plan to invade Britain the world would now be a very different place. The United

With the French and their Spanish allies preparing to invade England, only the wooden walls of the British navy stood

During the Crimean War, the British army and its French and Turkish allies, moved to capture the Russian port of

When the British government announced their intention of withdrawing from their Aden Protectorate, a number of guerrilla groups emerged to

With the successful landing of the British amphibious forces on the Falklands, victory was only a matter of time. There

While much has been written about the 1982 Argentine invasion of these South Atlantic islands, there is a lesser known,

In early 1940, Britain badly needed a victory to give heart to the country in the face of the seemingly

Much has been written about the heroism and bravery displayed by the British landing forces in the recapture of the

The battle for this little known outpost and the deeds of its heroic defenders has become an undying example of