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In a word, the situation in Cuba is something like this: The Spaniards hold the towns, from which their troops daily make predatory raids, invariably returning in time for dinner at night. Around each town is a circle of pacificos doing no work, and for the most part starving and diseased, and outside, in the plains and mountains, are the insurgents. -from Cuba in War Time American author and journalist RICHARD ... more...
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The Young Buglers, A Tale of the Peninsular War is a book by British author G.A. Henty. It was published by Blackie and Son Ltd, London. It tells of the Peninsula War through the eyes of two orphaned brothers, Tom and Peter Scudamore. (source: Wikipedia) more...
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A brief record of the fighting on the Eastern front in the great war, first published in 1915. Fritz Kreisler was an Austrian (later American) violinist and composer, one of the most famous violinists of his day. He briefly served in the Austrian Army in World War I before being honourably discharged after he was wounded. more...
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In the 1970s, the US Army decided that it needed a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, similar to the West German Gepard or Soviet ZSU-23-4. The result was the M247 Sergeant York. more...
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Despite being a land-locked country, Hungary once had a dreadnought battleship - SMS Szent Istvan. This article describes the ship and it's short wartime career. more...
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This is the diary of Winnipeg Grenadier Tom Forsyth who enlisted on the 30th of September, 1939 at the Minto Armories. The diary catalogues Forsythe's war experiences from garrison and guard duties in Jamaica, to the defence of Hong Kong, and then as a POW. more...
