Twenty-seven years after the war, with France liberated and the French Army settling back into its pre-war routines, the paperwork for the award of the Croix de Guerre medal was located and Al Schak was finally decorated. The citation read in part, Private Schak, still in his teens, cam...
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The French are under a severe handicap in the matter of uniform. It is over a dozen years since the Boer War, and certainly they should have discarded the blue coat and red trousers for a more neutral colour. They have covered the red crown of their caps with blue. This is to prevent...
French-Canadian bomber squadron established at the outbreak of the Second World War. By researching the 425 Squadron personnel roster and cross-referencing it with a list ofRCAF casualtiesprovided by the RCAF Association, we were able to find two local airmen: one from Montreal and the other ...
For more than forty years, the French had wanted to regain the territory of Alsace-Lorraine in southwestern Germany. The French knew they could not regain the territory by diplomacy or by fighting Germany on their own. The French could never instigate a war; they could only hope for one in...
Winston Churchill, future Prime Minister of Great Britain, spent six months in the trenches during World War I following the disaster at Gallipoli and his resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty.
Reichswehr-era Quartett game - Uniformen einst und jetzt (Uniforms then and now) By Mr.Jerry ·Posted16 hours ago That is cool! one more thing to look for! Some DDR Border Guard Badges, etc. By SARGE ·Posted19 hours ago Nice Grenzer grouping and display... particularly with the piece...
On the other hand, as she realized one afternoon off as she cycled through some nearby villages, being treated like a cog in the war machine brought a novel, if odd, sense of freedom: [For] the first time I sensed an irresponsibility, an ease of letting go. My uniform was issue, ...
that when he walked into the pub after World War II, still dressed in his uniform, his father handed over the keys and left him to it. A well-loved Soho identity, the moustachioed Gaston remained at the helm until 1989 when the pub passed into the hands of some French House regulars....