Australia and New Zealand’s World War One heroes remembered
An Australian Army soldier salutes at an ANZAC Day dawn service [Via] On the centenary of Anzac Day, commemorations have taken place around the world.…
World War One made wrist watches mainstream
Time was told for centuries using sundials and hourglasses. The spring mechanism for the clock was invented in the 1400s, but the clock remained a…
Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate
It reads more like the unbelievable exploits of the Terminator. But the remarkable heroics ofLieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart are entirely…
WWI Soldier Honored After 100 Years
Since the centenary began, it has become increasingly common that the story of a WWI soldier who fought bravely yet received little acclaim will occasionally…