There was a pause – evidently, he had not. Suddenly, another Aussie – who might have had a bit more to drink than the others broke in: “Nah, nah, nah, Mate! It’s all b.s. Definitely b.s. This guy’s a spy, the one who told you all this. There’s spies in every war...
Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in honour of Ho Chi Minh. During the war somewhere between 800,000 and 3.1 million Vietnamese soldiers and civilians were killed alongside 58,000 US soldiers. I am somewhat confused by the history despite a lot of research. I have missed out huge ...
Like all good character actors, Bob Gunton is probably known more by his face than his name - his craggy, often impassive visage has essayed a score of tough, taciturn, often morally questionable men, the best known of which was the cold-hearted warden in "The Shawshank Redemption." But...
the Republic of China, and the Soviet Union. Expecting eventual involvement, however, the U.S. was also beginning to strengthen its own military forces. FromJune of 1940 through December of 1941, $36 billion was allocated to the War Department(more than was spent ...
we went to war against Iraq. Yet, I fell for it, along with many cautious skeptics, with the proviso, if wrong we would acknowledge it. History proves our intelligence was wrong. There were no WMDs, and surprise, surprise- the UN inspections, ongoing until the war-were actually working!
Far from providing endorsement, Trotsky poured cold water on Chiang's hopes. Without a powerful revolutionary party that had a clearly defined agenda and did targeted publicity, he said, “You will achieve nothing even if we send you loads of money and military aid.” Chiang was profoundly ...
It was cold one morning when they dropped me off The brand new uniform free of cost The gun that they gave me had been used before By somebody’s baby out there … somewhere... in someone else's war --- From the song “Soldier” written by Rodney Riley. The yea...
Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry.“If we send them back to the wild they will die.If you take away big animals, people will stop visiting London Zoo.It can survive(继续生存)at the moment, but it won't survive in the future.” However, Mary Rosevear, directory of ...
Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in honour of Ho Chi Minh. During the war somewhere between 800,000 and 3.1 million Vietnamese soldiers and civilians were killed alongside 58,000 US soldiers. I am somewhat confused by the history despite a lot of research. I have missed out huge ...