military historians

Military historians see this as one of the greatest battles of the 20th century and a defining moment in the history of Asia. The 16,000-strong French garrison made up of battle-hardened troops drawn from the French Foreign Legion and North African regiments were grouped into strongpoints named after ...

Some Military historians thought Barney's bravery, where he was wounded twice in action and gassed in Belgium, was worthy of a decoration but it appears his behaviour off the battlefield was a reason for this. Barney became a loner in the battalion and many of his digger mates admired him for his ...

The order calls for 11 members of the public and a chairperson appointed by Walker to serve on the task force, ideally drawn from the ranks of veterans and veterans organizations, military historians and enthusiasts and museum professionals and archivists. Several state commissioners or people they ...

Called a massacre and used by radical Republicans as war propaganda in 1864, the Battle of Fort Pillow continues to be used to demonize Forrest, who is revered by military historians as one of the greatest figures of the Civil War. Tonyaa Weathersbee does not reference any of these historians, each of ...

It draws on military archives and cutting-edge research by social-military historians to fully and properly come to terms with the works of thirteen of our major writers, including some of our most famous authors and some who were in their own time well-known but have been mostly forgotten. The Great War is ...

... natural history, regional art and craft, zoology, botany, paleontology and archaeology — all of which remain central to their year-round programming, embracing their role as the central hub for the array of tourists, scholars, military historians, artists and environmentalists who find their way to the canyon.

WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has proposed a redesign of the agency's commemorative coin, an adaptation of longstanding “challenge coins” exchanged among American troops. From a military drinking tradition to civilian government agencies, ...

“Victor Hanson is one of our leading classicists and military historians as well as one of today's most engaging public intellectuals. He writes and speaks with passion and verve on the great issues of the day, from populism and immigration to war and peace,” said Barry Strauss, director of Freedom and Free ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. President Trump is moving forward with plans for a military parade to showcase the strength of U.S. armed forces, currently slated to coincide with Washington's annual Veterans Day parade in November. The president is said to have been inspired by the Bastille Day parade he ...

Local history buffs and frontier-fighting aficionados will want to mark April 9 on their calendars as the best time to learn about the Battle of St. Louis. Clayton lawyer Stephen L. Kling Jr. will be the speaker at a 7 p.m. meeting of the Company of Military Historians in the meeting room of the visitor center at ...

Segment 1: Why female voices are often overlooked by military historians. Women make up approximately 15 percent of the military, but they still face obstacles different from their male counterparts. Today, we explored the history of women in the military, including the challenges American female service ...

Military historians the world over have observed the folly of trying to fight a war on two fronts. It didn't work for Hitler, or for the great military tactician Napoleon. Yet this is the position the European Union (EU) now finds itself in. Not only must Brussels contend with a partner determined to break away, and in ...

I'm Jonathan Baker, a writer in Canyon, Texas, and I'm the discussion leader for this month's book club read, A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton. The theme for the Radio Readers Book Club this spring is World War I—which means the theme is really war itself. Some military historians consider the ...

The re-enactment will end at 2:30 p.m. The re-enactors are volunteer military historians who bring history to life. This weekend also marks the season opening for the Museum of 20th Century Warfare, located within the Camp Glenn National Historic District at the park. It is a volunteer-run, non-profit museum ...

Bill was an avid Military Historians collector and operated a museum in Westbrook, CT. He created the Old Saybrook Fife and Drum and Corp in the early 70's He then went on to organize and host the first Christmas Torchlight Parade held every December. Bill was a proud supporter of the town, creator and ...

On the morning of January 10, 1954, BOAC flight 781 took off from Rome airport bound for Heathrow on the final leg of its journey from Singapore. It veered west over the Mediterranean but at 10.51am the aircraft suffered an explosive decompression at altitude. A group of startled Italian fishermen saw the ...

... more than 1,000 of his shipmates found themselves in the middle of an historic World War II battle. The Tennessee, one of the most storied vessels in naval history, would be engaged in the 1944 battle of the Surigao Strait in the Philippines, identified by military historians as the last battleship-to-battleship ...

Military historians observe that all wars, whatever their scale, are essentially composed of myriad clashes between small units — like the one Keating described in a letter to his wife, written from a field hospital where he was recovering from his wounds, in November 1918. Keating's wife passed his tale on ...