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Friday, 6 June 2025

About Captain Riley Pitts (1937-1967): The first African-American officer to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor

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U.S. Army Captain Riley Pitts (1937-1967) speaking to ABC News shortly before being killed in action. U.S. Army Captain Riley Pitts was th...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

“Israel’s strategy is to kill civilians”: An Op-Ed for the Brattleboro Reformer newspaper of Vermont in 1997

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“David Ben-Gurion”, a woodcut portrait by Mervin Jules (1912-1994). The State of Israel has for long promoted the idea that its armed forc...
Monday, 19 May 2025

A sketch of T.E. Lawrence who died 90 years ago today

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Colonel T.E. Lawrence photographed in 1919 while serving as British Liaison Officer to Emir Faisal at the Versailles Peace Conference. Photo...
Friday, 9 May 2025

May 9th is 'Victory Day' in Russia

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A replica T-34 tank at the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, Berlin captured in August 2015. Photo credit: Adeyinka Makinde. May 9th commem...
Monday, 28 April 2025

The T-34 Tank

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Blueprint of the T-34 tank. Produced by the U.S.S.R. during its "Great Patriotic War" ( Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna ) as World ...
Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Lecture to Naval Warfare Course (NWC 9) at the Naval War Collge Nigeria

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I had the honour and pleasure this morning to have delivered an online lecture on the Bonny amphibious operation to the participants on this...
Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Moise Tshombe and The Wild Geese

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“Sad are the eyes, yet no tears…” Image of Moise Tshombe in the opening titles of "The Wild Geese" (1978). The opening sequence of...