United States of America/Kingdom of the Netherlands (1941) Light Tank – 194 Built After years of neglect, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, abbreviated to ‘KNIL’) tried to re-equip itself with new material starting in 1936. Four Vickers tanks, ...
1989 US Invasion of Panama 1983 US Invasion of Grenada United States of America vs Grenada Grenada, the southernmost island nation in the Grenadines in the Caribbean, is a tropic island known as the spice island thanks to the harvesting of nutmeg. It had been a British colony since 1763, bu...
My father, Edward Strohm was in the 634th AAA AW Battalion in the Battle of the Bulge. I have his complete diary of their operations along with photos of all the locations the unit was at. Photos of important bridges before and after being destroyed and the towns they went through along...
Significant listings will be added for Pilipino WW11 veterans who served in thePhilippinesafter they volunteered or were drafted to theUSmilitary service. They are the casualties and survivors of the Bataan Death March, POWs, Army Philippine Scouts (PS), USAFFE, Navy, Coast Guards, USMC, Mercha...
After July 83 violence President JR Jayewardene opened an Israeli Interest Section in the United States Embassy in Colombo . Muslims opposed the move. Leading a delegation respected senior Muslim politician and Chairman of UNP Dr MCM Kaleel met President Jayewardene to express Muslim concern...
Manila became, alongside Berlin, and Warsaw, one of the most devastated cities of WW2. US Troops committed a number of rapes during the battle of Okinawa, and the subsequent occupation of Japan. There were 1,336 reported rapes during the first 10 days of the occupation of Kanagawa prefecture...
Intensely dark, No Country follows Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) as he goes on the run from vicious killer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) after discovering a large sum of money. With no music, this movie is a long haul but remains so vivid and tense that you won’t be able to bring your...
After Japan’s surrender, its military in China attempted to erase all traces of its biological weapons program. At Ping Fan, the remainingmarutawere gassed with hydrogen cyanide, documents were incinerated, and the buildings were demolished; local laborers were killed so they could not reveal what...
2023, The Moment of Truth is Coming Dear Partners and Friends, How nice life could be? After two Christmas parties in a row spoiled by Covid, health officials around the World have declared Covid to be history and all preventive measures obsolete. The Christmas turkey is roasting like never...
Japan's ties with China were already strained after China conducted unprecedented military exercises around Taiwan following the visit there by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi this month. During the drills, several missiles fell in waters inside Japan's...