The Birth of the American Military
Jefferson’s sentiments reflected the prevailing mood of a sizable majority of the country at the dawn of the 19th century: A ...
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Discover This Historic Massachusetts Town Just Beyond Boston’s Reach
As British troops advanced to seize colonial military supplies ... Visitors can see medical tools, uniforms, and exhibits detailing the British army’s occupation of the area.
The Indian Express18d
Military Digest: Mahavir Chakra for a civilian, Flying Hanuman marching tune – vignettes from India’s first year as a republic
On January 26, 1950, India became a republic and transitioned from being a dominion of the British Empire ... among volunteers of Indian Army units. In 1950, the new regiment, then the youngest in the ...
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General Charles Gordon: Chinese Gordon, Gordon of Khartoum
General Charles Gordon Born on 28th January 1833 into an army family in Woolwich ... the family moved to a variety of locations throughout the British Isles but also overseas. Gordon would receive his ...
Stars and Stripes10d
The Gaza Strip has long been a powder keg. Here’s a look at the history of the embattled region
present-day Gaza was part of the large swath of the Middle East under British colonial rule. After Israel defeated the coalition of Arab states, the Egyptian army was left in control of a small ...
Architectural Digest5d
Inside a Colonial-Style New York Home With British and Scandi Inspirations
The 20-year-old Colonial-style three-bedroom isn’t her ... look that combines some of the color and pattern both of British country houses and of mid-20th-century Swedish interiors.
Nikkei Asia10d
Does Britain owe India $65tn in colonial-era reparations?
Debate over that long-simmering question has been reignited by a controversial report that claims India's former colonial master extracted nearly $65 trillion in wealth from the subcontinent.
Al Jazeera English9d
From street names to textbooks, Senegal is rewriting French colonial memory
by the French colonial army. On the morning of December 1, 1944, soldiers of the Tirailleurs Senegalais, an army unit that fought in France’s war against Nazi Germany, had been protesting ...
Daily Mail10d
The sun still hasn't set on the British Empire: Only a fifth of voters say UK's colonial past is a source of shame - and one-in-five want it back
Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...
Sydney Morning Herald10d
Japanese fantasy, espionage and colonial adventure: Eight new books
Colonial Adventure Ken Gelder and Rachael ... before transferring to the British Army after the war and playing a key intelligence role in Pakistan before returning to Australia in 1951.