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Searching for Africa’s lost World War soldiers, one grave at a time
both World Wars left deep scars in Africa. In Word War I alone, according to the CWGC, British forces employed around 50,000 African soldiers and more than one million African “carriers”, or ...
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'The Unkillable Soldier' Who Kept Fighting Despite Losing an Eye and Hand in World War I
Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...
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The world’s youngest country fought for decades to govern itself. Now it’s on the cusp of another civil war
raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could swiftly lapse back into war. South Sudan split from the rest of Sudan in 2011 after decades of pro ...
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Searching for Africa’s lost World War soldiers, a name and grave at a time
both World Wars left deep scars in Africa. In Word War I alone, according to the CWGC, British forces employed around 50,000 African soldiers and more than one million African “carriers”, or ...