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A short account of the life and mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner, International Brigade volunteer

Kein Schurke ist James Bond im Kino gewachsen. Kaum verwunderlich, bereits sein Erfinder Ian Fleming kämpfte gegen die Nazis – und ließ viel Erlebtes in 007 einfließen. Jetzt startet der 25. Bond-Streifen.

In 2018, when the thought occurred to me about writing a book on the Rezang La battle, it came to me as an epiphany

As the situation unfolds in Afghanistan, a former Sudbury, Ont., doctor who served on the frontlines in the war against the Taliban says he is still proud of his and Canadas efforts to bring peace to the country.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the policy on archiving of war histories by the ministry रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने मंत्रालय की ओर से युद्ध और संचालन इतिहास के संग्रह, अवर्गीकरण और संकलन/प्रकाशन पर नीति को मंजूरी दे दी है।

Charles Debono looks back at the crash of Pilot Officer Walter ‘Pips’ Cripps on April 26, 1942. On April 26, 1942, Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Hugh Lloyd was advised that an intercept of Luftwaffe Enigma traffic indicated that some units of Fliegerkorps II were preparing to leave Sicily. Meanwhile, an air raid warning was sounded at about 2.28pm, where a total of 55 Junkers Ju88s and 15 Junkers Ju87 Stukas appeared over Malta and attacked Ta’ Qali, Luqa, the Grand Harbo...

Chris Bergeron Daily News Correspondent Entering the American Heritage Museum, the first thing visitors see is the opening sentence of the Declaration of Independence, “When in the Course of human events ...” on the Orientation Theatre wall. Like soldiers rushing into combat, they will continue into an immersive "World War I Trench Experience" in which one of the few surviving M1917 6-ton tanks built in the U.S. leads an American-led force into battle. Welcome to a history lesson about cour...

Chris Bergeron Daily News Correspondent HUDSON – Entering the American Heritage Museum, the first thing visitors see is the opening sentence of the Declaration of Independence, “When in the Course of human events ...” on the Orientation Theatre wall. Like soldiers rushing into combat, they will continue into an immersive "World War I Trench Experience" in which one of the few surviving M1917 6-ton tanks built in the U.S. leads an American-led force into battle. Welcome to a history lesson...

(Image by Democracy Now) Though WikiLeaks founder will not be extradited to the U.S., the America-led war on the press goes on. In an exclusive interview with Brazilian journalist Edu Montesanti, Chomsky strongly opposes Washington’s accusation, that the Australian journalist poses a threat to American security: “ The persecution of Assange is politically motivated“ By Edu Montesanti British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has blocked Julian Assange�...

Jason Schreck is a graduate of Christopher Newport University with a Bachelors in History. He has spent the last 7 years on an ongoing project to research the military history of as many family members as possible, as a part of his ongoing genealogy research. The last two years of which have been dedicated primarily to researching the military records of his two grandfathers military service during the Second World War and beyond. His main areas of research are military, cold war and space age ...