1916 is the year of the Battle of the Somme and the maritime Battle of Jutland. However, at the same time elsewhere in the world, in Mesopotamia, a forgotten British-Indian garrison surrendered to the Turkish Army. The town of Kut-al-Amara had been under siege for nearly five months and on 29 April 1916, 13,000 soldiers […]
The Sideshow Defeat, Kut 1916. Read More »
Toxic chemicals are known to have been used in warfare for thousands of years in various shapes and forms but it was WW1 that they were used on a more industrial scale. They are at least 20 known gasses that were manufactured but we are just outlining, briefly, an introduction of 3 of the main
Chemical Warfare, ‘The Dirty Weapon’. A Brief Introduction. Read More »
Dated Saturday the 13th of June 1940, this issue of the Daily Herald came into us a few weeks ago.Right just before the start of the Battle Of Britain, this paper has a story on the front page which gives an insight to the Royal Air Force bombing operations and the heroism of some of
