This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...
Army Pvt. William Crawford was declared killed in action and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to ...
The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.
The gallantry of Indian soldiers in World War 2 is slowly being forgotten amidst a concentrated effort to discard the ...
From colonial America to the recent war in Iraq, Army stories have captured movie audiences for nearly a century; influencing ...
When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...
During the war Africans had to shoot these superhumans in German and Italian uniforms and ... who saw service in WWII, 77,000 were black. One must not focus the story on British subjects only. France ...
It's because we both carried colonial history. And I've been obsessed with this ... who gifted me… a variety of [fabrics] that they have kept - their high school uniform, or a life saving uniform." We ...
A British veteran has been awarded France's highest honour for his service during World War Two. Dennis Smith, 98, from Dormanstown on Teesside, was presented with a Chevalier in the Ordre ...
A man from Guernsey said he was almost evacuated during the Second World War as a child before his mother had "second thoughts". Hirzel Dorey, now 91, was six years old when World War Two began ...
Harold Gonsalves during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP) In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon’s defensive position ...