With Hollywood-like bravado, George charged ahead alone, leaping over the block’s wire to— quite literally—fall on top of the enemy.
Now lying on a German soldier, George tussled with the man as another approached with bayonet in hand. Pulling out his revolver, George shot the two of them.
William Edwin Dyess (Aug, 9, 1916 – Dec, 22, 1943) was an U.S. Air Force officer during the Second World War. He was captured after the Allied loss at the Battle of Bataan and endured the subsequent Bataan Death March.
Aaron Kylie says No Fifty-five. That was the number of Canadian personnel on UN peacekeeping missions in September 2022. While more than 125,000 Canadians have
From hunter of Allied ships to PoW and Canadian entrepreneur, the incredible journey of Kurt Schönthier.
In the early years of the Second World War, Canadian troops trained, trained and trained some more, and saw little action.
The UN’s cultural body, UNESCO, registered Masada in its list of world heritage sites in 2001, citing its “majestic beauty” and its importance as a “symbol of the ancient kingdom of Israel, its violent destruction and the last stand of Jewish patriots in the face of the Roman army.”
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