by Giles Milton Cecil Vandepeer Clarke viewed his caravan with the sort of affection that most men reserve for their wives. He polished it, tinkered with it and buffed up its cream paintwork with generous quantities of Richfield Auto Wax.
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Cecil Vandepeer Clarke: Churchill’s Secret Weapon
Tagged with: british history, Cecil Clarke, Military History, Mines, second world war, Winston Churchill, World War II, WWII
Posted in Military History, Modern History
Posted in Military History, Modern History
Gulf War–Air Campaign, January 16 – February 28, 1991
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Gulf War–Air Campaign, January 16 – February 28, 1991 In the wake of Iraq’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait, an American-led multinational Coalition deployed to Saudi Arabia. To force an Iraqi withdrawal,…
Tagged with: american history, American Military History, Chris McNab, Gulf War, Gulf War–Air Campaign, Iraq War, Kuwait, Michael Spilling, Military History
Posted in Military History
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Gulf War–Air Campaign, January 16 – February 28, 1991 In the wake of Iraq’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait, an American-led multinational Coalition deployed to Saudi Arabia. To force an Iraqi withdrawal,…
Posted in Military History
Nominating Our Best History Books 2016
As we close in on the end of of the year, we list our best history books of 2016. Over the course of 2016 we published some incredible stories. Everything from military bravery and historic events to unique little known stories that we…
As we close in on the end of of the year, we list our best history books of 2016. Over the course of 2016 we published some incredible stories. Everything from military bravery and historic events to unique little known stories that we…
Takeo Yoshikawa: The Japanese Spy at Pearl Harbor
by Nicholas Best When the task force slipped out of port on December 5, 1941, a man calling himself Tadashi Morimura watched from a few hundred yards away to the north. He was careful not to write anything down, but…
Tagged with: American Naval History, espionage, Military History, Naval History, Pearl Harbor, Takeo Yoshikawa, USS Arizona, World War II, WWII
Posted in Military History
by Nicholas Best When the task force slipped out of port on December 5, 1941, a man calling himself Tadashi Morimura watched from a few hundred yards away to the north. He was careful not to write anything down, but…
Posted in Military History
The Battle of Khe Sanh, January 21 – April 8, 1968
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Khe Sanh combat base, built on a hilltop located 10 km from the Laotian border, was the westernmost in a line of Allied defenses south of the DMZ designed to prevent communist…
Tagged with: american history, American Military History, Battle of the Week, Chris McNab, Khe Sanh, Michael Spilling, Military History, US history, Vietnam, Vietnam War
Posted in Military History
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Khe Sanh combat base, built on a hilltop located 10 km from the Laotian border, was the westernmost in a line of Allied defenses south of the DMZ designed to prevent communist…
Posted in Military History
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