Battle of the Somme- battle of World War II (1944) Somme,Somme River Second World War,World War 2,World War II- a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Gre...
The Nile River system is central to communication through the Sudan and Egypt. The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia. The White Nile rises in Central Africa. These two great rivers, fed by many tributaries, meet at Khartoum and form the River Nile, winding north in two wide sw...
By giving battlefield tours from 2014 around the Rhineland I introduced people to a relatively unknown battle (Operations Veritable, Blockbuster, Plunder and Varsity) which was the beginning of the Allied advance over the River Rhine and the further advance to the northern Netherlands and towards Be...
The recent incidence in South Africa was recorded as the largest Listeria outbreak and attracted the attention of ordinary people to the importance of food safety [34]. In addition, S. enterica and S. aureus are potential pathogens in biofilm formation and causing infection-mediated diseases. ...
The most likely explanation may be that the environment of the Middle East defeated the Mongols. In order to have fresh horses to ride throughout a day-long battle, and also to have horse milk, meat and blood for sustenance, each Mongol fighter had a string of at least six or eight sma...
’ I could hear the UP rockets going up, just as they had roared off accidentally in Gibraltar a year earlier. Fear gripped my intestines again as agonized screams of the wounded and dying emitted from the voice-pipes. The screeching turned my blood almost to ice. Yet strangely I also ...
Click here for Sardinian order of battle. The Sardinians had proved their worth during the Crimean War where her small but well disciplined army gained much respect from both the British and French after its performance on the Chernaya River. In 1859 it numbered some 30,000 men, which was ...
In the brief video, Winnie is using all of her energy and strength to tug at her owner's underwear. Unfortunately, the owner was on the toilet and still partially wearing the underwear when Winnie decided she should have them. "Winnie, let go of my panties," a voice says as Winnie con...
Boers crossing the bridge over the Orange River at Aliwal North before advancing south to Stormberg before the Battle of Stormberg on 9th/10th December 1899 in the Boer War Once war was declared the Boers invaded and occupied Natal as far as the Tugela River, but with Ladysmith holding out ...
The election of a labour government to replace the clapped out Conservative in early July only seems to have accelerated the process There will be misery and hardship, there may well be blood on the streets. And for most of us the only thing we can do is try to tough it out ... ...