Battling in Peking
The diary of Lancelot Giles provides a gripping account of the siege of the foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion. In the Hollywood movie 55 days at Peking (Allied Artists, […]
The diary of Lancelot Giles provides a gripping account of the siege of the foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion. In the Hollywood movie 55 days at Peking (Allied Artists, […]
Four actors; three female, and one male who plays the multiple roles of husband, sweetheart, brother and the iconic role of ‘the unknown soldier’ perform The Girls in Grey.
The fall of Rabaul on January 23, 1942, will forever be linked with two tragedies, the massacres at Tol and Waitavalo that claimed at least 158 lives on February 4 that […]
In 1859 Britain was swept with an anti-French fever whipped up by the Press as a result of the construction of the French warship La Gloire, the first armoured steam […]
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(Which includes the roll of all who served) When Major Alexander Thorneycroft of the Royal Scots Fusiliers was asked to form a mounted corps in November 1899 he little realized […]
Monte Cassino was the cornerstone of the German defensive system known as the Gustav Line and, while it remained intact, it prevented any further advance on Rome from the south […]
Most who have been there, would agree that a visit to the National Vietnam Veterans Museum on Phillip Island is essential for any Australian. Not only does this unique museum […]