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British Regulars and Colonial Militias at War
Colonial troops and, to a lesser extent, Indians contributed to Canada’s defeat, but British regulars bore the brunt of the fighting. The relationships among redcoats, colonials, and Indians were strained, but the developing rift between British officers and colonial civilians was even more ominous. Regular officers believed colonial troops had…
The Black Watch at Fontenoy
The Black Watch at the Battle of Fontenoy by William Skeoch Cumming. The Black Watch Chaplain at the Battle of Fontenoy, 1745 by William Skeoch Cumming (1897) In March 1743 the regiment was ordered south into England. They reached London on 29th and 30th April, and in May embarked for…
THE FIRST WOMEN’S BATTALION OF DEATH
The Women’s Battalion of Death in the field. When World War I began, Russian law prohibited women from joining the army. Nonetheless, women found ways to fight with the Russian army. Some women took the “traditional” route and disguised themselves as men, taking advantage of the general confusion to bypass…
The Escape of Flying Officer Tom Wingham, RAF
Tom Wingham, together with the other members of the crew of their Halifax II bomber, belonging to No. 102 (Ceylon) squadron, had just returned from a bombing trip to Germany, when they were told to report to Boscombe Down to test the latest Halifax bomber – the Halifax III prototype.…
Ju-52 ”Kaleva”
Kaleva, registered OH-ALL, was a civilian Junkers Ju 52 passenger and transport plane, belonging to the Finnish carrier Aero O/Y. The aircraft was shot down by two Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 bombers during peacetime between the Soviet Union and Finland on June 14, 1940, while en route from Tallinn to Helsinki,…
PANZERGRENADIER TACTICS
I thought this article on PANZERGRENADIER TACTICS might prove of some interest, as probably the German Motorised/Panzergrenadier divisions were amongst the most versatile of the War. Guderian always accepted that tanks could not operate alone effectively. Despite anti-infantry weaponry-usually machine guns-a tank was always vulnerable to small groups or even…