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Heroes of the Victoria Cross
In October 1917, during the Battle of Pass
In WWII’s final weeks, this British Indian Army sepoy was severely wounded in Italy while silencing multiple German machine gun nests
In 1942, the German war machine was at the height of its power. France, the ‘hereditary enemy’, was defeated and occupied. In the Soviet Union, Army Group South was marching inexorably toward the Cauc
When the soldiers of 8. Württembergisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 126 (IR. 126) ‘Großherzog Friedrich von Baden’ left southern Alsace on the night of 14 August 1914, they had already experienced days
When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war
Fritz Kosmahl, destined to become one of Germany’s most highly decorated two-seater pilots, was born in Leipzig on 5 September 1892. His early interest in aviation led him to undertake pilot training
During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre’s rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders