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TRAINING GROUND TOMFOOLERY 1943
US Army soldiers strike a
From disastrous beginnings to heroic triumph, this exhibition comprehensively covers the Second World War Burma campaign
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862
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On a beautiful summer’s morning almost 110 years ago, men of the British Army stepped out into no-man’s land at 7.30am. It was 1 July 1916, and the start of what was then called ‘The Big Push’. With h
In 1990 the British Army had 153,000 regular troops, in 2025 it had 75,000 – its combat power shrunk by more than half. Why did this contraction happen, and what are the implications for the Army’s fighting power?
Three months after German forces captured Fort Douaumont in February 1916 (see issue 1 of Iron Cross) a calamity befell the occupiers, predominantly comprising troops from the Prussian Brandenburg reg