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He commanded a platoon at 19 and was later assistant to Lord Mountbatten, Chief of the Defence Staff

One of many communities which have stamped their mark in the past.

Loughgall village War Memorial will forever live long as a legacy to the life of Thomas William Walker who died suddenly on November 1, 2021.

Bereits im 19. Jahrhundert verschätzten sich westliche Mächte in Afghanistan gewaltig. 1839 installierten die Briten in Kabul eine neue Regierung. Doch Arroganz und Inkompetenz provozierten einen Aufstand, der in eine Katastrophe mündete.

Bereits im 19. Jahrhundert verschätzten sich westliche Mächte in Afghanistan gewaltig. 1839 installierten die Briten in Kabul eine neue Regierung. Doch Arroganz und Inkompetenz provozierten einen Aufstand, der in eine Katastrophe mündete.

In 2006, when the U.S. war in Iraq was at its low point, the American military rediscovered counterinsurgency (COIN). This doctrine, developed in the 1950s by military innovators such as the British field marshal Gerald Templer in Malaya and the U.S. operative Edward Lansdale in the Philippines, holds that a military can’t defeat an insurgency by simply killing insurgents. In fact, by killing indiscriminately, one may actually create more enemies than one eliminates. The way to prevail, accord...

  New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers practise jumping from a Vickers Valetta of the Royal Air Force Far East Transport Wing. Original caption reads: ‘800ft to ground in 45 seconds. Chute opens in 5 secs.’ The Malayan Emergency (1948–60) from NZ. Gov. The Malayan Emergency (1948–60) arose out of an attempt by the Malayan Communist Party to overthrow the British colonial administration of Malaya. Over the 12 years of conflict, New Zealand soldiers, sailors and airmen made a...