Japanese troops attacked the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai, China with light field guns. In the evening, trucks loaded with donated supplies from Shanghai residents reached the warehouse; Japanese snipers killed three Chinese soldiers while they were unloading the trucks.ww2dbase[Second Battle of Shang...
particularly through the use of a heavy metal soundtrack that punches up the action and sets the tone. The war they fight feels lived in and real. The desert landscapes are stunning, the action scenes exciting. As for the soldiers, they’re recruited from among the most violent and cunning...
I have always had great respect for the soldiers and what they had to put themselves through to keep us free from Nazi Tyranny and Imperial Japan. I want people to strive to learn more about these people. I hope you look into it if you show interest. 2019-11-11 14:30:48 +01:00 ...
Soviet Union (1920) Light Tank – 15 Built On March 19, 1919, the young Soviet state acquired its first FT tanks. This acquisition followed the victory of General Grigoriyev Nikifor’s 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army over the Interventionist White Forces in a battle near the German colony of Worms...
allied soldiers could not understand why locals were risking their lives and families with execution for hiding and providing shelter and food to fugitives. This legacy continues today and I try to inform, educate and keep the memory alive. The rest...
No Glory follows the events of the British 2nd Special Air Service soldiers in the days prior to D-Day, when given their objective, through their jump into German-occupied Normandy hours before the Allied invasion and their efforts to complete their mission. As well as the task given to the...
During WW2 about 17 million US Soldiers have been fighting on all frontlines. Today – 2015 – are about 1 million of them still alive. Each day are about 800 of them passing away. – And with them the witnesses of WW2. Each of them with his personal story on what happened in those ...
According to Wikipedia, three US Army soldiers who were awarded the MOH in the Pacific are still alive. Sadly we are losing these treasures far too quickly. Wikiipedia on Williams RIP the Real Rosie the Riveter Michelle Robertson, SFGATE, WMUR • Tue 2018 Jan 30, 6:40pm ...
In addition to Sgt. David Thatcher, pictured under the Corgi section above, Lt. Richard Cole, second from right, is the only other Doolittle Raider alive today. Side-by-Side Comparison Finally, here are some side-by-side shots. Note the superb riveting on the Air Force 1 (left) on eve...
against Smuts and his policies – he reiterated that as the leader of the OB he had instructed his Stormjaers to sabotage the Union’s war effort so as to keep the soldiers in South Africa and prevent ‘sons of the soil’ – Afrikaners – been sent overseas to die for Great Britain. ...