In early 1918 Germany was severely affected by the Allied naval blockade, the American Expeditionary Force became stronger by the month and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were visibly crumbling.
The one day conference held on 12 November 2016 brought together a fascinating series of presenters and as with all MHHV conferences revealed some information gems.
Dick Braithwaite was one of the six survivors of the Sandakan death marches of 1945. He died in 1986, and his son Richard Wallace Braithwaite, after a 40-year tirelessly researched […]
Fully Revised and Expanded Edition of the Bestseller.
The extent of Australia’s casualties in the First World War is, I consider, grossly underestimated.
Mr Gordon served for nearly 40 years in the Australian Army and has a family connection with 455 Squadron RAAF, in that his father served as a Beaufighter navigator in […]
Professor Edwards presented a fascinating review of some of the many myths surrounding the Vietnam War to an audience of 50 at the Pompey Elliott Memorial Hall, Wednesday 15 March […]
Edward Keenan, born in Workington, Cumberland in 1884 and an iron ore miner by trade, was one of a family of nine sons and four daughters, seven sons of which […]
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