Ninety years ago on a sunny morning in Northern France, something happened that changed Britain and Europe for ever. At half past seven on the morning of July 1, 1916, whistles blew and thousands of British soldiers left their positions to attack their German enemies. By the end of the day...
1.The defeated army ran away, leaving many wounded soldiers. 2.We can know the past, but we only feel the future. 3.The news impressed me so strongly that I could not utter a word for some time. 4.Our eyes are opened only after we have made a mistake. 5.I have often heard it ...
Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, is one such rogue leader. Among many crimes, he is on trial for violating the Geneva Conventions during the Liberian civil war. The charges include having soldiers kill peacekeepers and rape and murder civilians [source:Crane]. Signatories have al...
Minister Scott Morrison started his campaign, urging top allies France, Germany and New Zealand to pressure China to give the foreign countries the“weapons inspector-like”powers to investigate the outbreaks of Coronavirus. Beijing believed the inquiry call is part...
Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, is one such rogue leader. Among many crimes, he is on trial for violating the Geneva Conventions during the Liberian civil war. The charges include having soldiers kill peacekeepers and rape and murder civilians [source:Crane]. ...
With foreign governments on its side and a series of reforms in place to shore up state finances, Germany buried the old mark on November 15 and replaced it with a temporary currency, theRentenmark, which was soon replaced with a permanent one, the Reichsmark, and put on the gold standar...
Once the upstart foreigner stole Russia’s throne, there was no stopping her enlightened reforms, her empire's expansion, and her pursuit of love and legacy.
Trump told Zelensky that Ukrainian soldiers have been unbelievably brave and talked up an economic agreement between their two countries during their Oval Office meeting. “It is a big commitment from the United States,” Trump said. He added that the United States has little of the rare earth...
WWII US Army Serial Numbers: Meaning in the First Digits The U.S. Army began issuing serial numbers to help avoid mixing the records of people with the same name. (A genealogist’s dream come true!) When we dig a little deeper into the number itself, we can learn a bit about the pe...
An Associated Press reporter traveled with Gen. Mark Milley as he made his last trip to Normandy to honor those who fought on D-Day and celebrate with the young American soldiers in the French town that welcomes them every year.