Remembering Armistice Day in Europe: Liberty should be cherished and defended
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has joined French President Emmanuel Macron at a Paris ceremony marking the 106th ...
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Army private who died in WWII identified almost 80 years after his death
The 19-year-old soldier, Jeremiah P Mahoney, was part of an anti-tank company working to counter German forces in France. In January 1945, the Germans pushed his position at Reipertswiller, France ...
Army Private Is Identified Almost 80 Years After Death in World War II
Jeremiah P. Mahoney was killed in a pitched battle with German forces near Reipertswiller, France, in early 1945. New technology finally brought closure.
One of P.E.I.'s last WW II veterans shares his wartime memories
Lloyd Gates, who will turn 100 on Nov. 20, is one of the few surviving Second World War veterans on Prince Edward Island. Gates served as a radio telegraph operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force ...
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German Soldiers
Britain hired close to 30,000 German soldiers, many from the principality of Hesse-Cassel, to augment its forces in America. Infantry troops and elite fusilier units participated in almost every ...
Spain sends more troops to flood zone as public anger rises
PAIPORTA, Spain, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Another 2,500 soldiers arrived in the flood-hit east of Spain on Monday to reinforce efforts to locate bodies and clear debris, as government officials traded blame ...
What does the new UK-Germany defence pact mean for Europe?
German and Lithuanian soldiers at military exercise in May 2024 ...
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Clark County history: Katherine Boyce, wife of Col. George C. Marshall, was the first lady of the Army
After acting more and studying less at Hollins College, Katherine Tupper graduated in 1902 and followed the stage lights to ...
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Cretans demand “Justice” for the Nazi atrocities: Steinmeier apologizes in Greek
Some of the elderly survivors chanted “Justice! Justice!” as the German President had a conversation with survivors, who raised the issue of reparations, asking for justice for the crimes committed by ...
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Israel's military confirms five soldiers killed in Gaza and Lebanon
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Israel's military confirmed on Tuesday that four soldiers were killed in combat in northern Gaza, with one officer severely injured. Separately, the military said another ...
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Chaos as Russia tries to absorb North Korean troops, Ukraine spies say
WASHINGTON − Ukraine's spies say they intercepted phone calls showing chaos as Russia works to integrate North Korean troops into its military operations. Some of the calls were intercepted from ...
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From brunch to living in a war zone: how war upended a writer’s life
In an article in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine ... shelling of obvious civilian targets and critical infrastructure, enemy soldiers committing gang rape and torture.