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Newspaper reports in Australia and New Zealand at the time, recounted in Greg Growden’s book ... in WW1, including six from the 1913 side alone. As recounted by Growden in Wallabies at War ...
Events, including street parties, are being hosted by communities across the country to mark 80 years since World War Two ended in Europe.
Books put aside, the gawky adolescent started ... Shortly afterward, he organized a troupe to make films in Japan. World War 1 disrupted those plans, and Mr. Beery returned to acting.
The son of farmers, Blair had a taste for the sea instead and at the age of 15, began a career in the merchant navy ... 10 Wallabies to die in WW1, including six from the 1913 side alone. As recounted ...
A German cruiser is shown sunk off Dar es Salaam, during World War I, 1914-1918. The cruiser ‘Konigsberg’ was sunk by the British in the Battle of Rufiji Delta on July 11, 1915. Dar es Salaam. Six key ...
Wilson went wild with tariffs; he also used the slogan “He kept us out of war” as a deceitful means of getting the U.S. into World War 1. Franklin ... or any of my books.
This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to ...
The Defense Department has purged hundreds of books at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis ... that they are capable of facing the ugliness of war but not the quietude of the university library.
On a sunny afternoon this month, Jinny Amundson cracked open a cardboard box of books that had just arrived to her downtown Annapolis bookstore, the entryway bell jingling as customers filed in ...
It was Commander Eastern Naval Area Rear Admiral S.R. Samarathunge, an officer who was to perform exceptionally well during the final war with the LTTE. It was bad news again, and this time ...