FIELD NOTES / GALLUS ARCHIVE
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Every article belongs to a wider campaign space. Use the campaign links above for a guided reading order, or browse the archive below by publication date.
FIRST WORLD WAR
Gallipoli was not an ANZAC-only campaign. This Iron Standard field guide reconstructs the Dardanelles strategy, Cape Helles, Anzac Cove, Suvla, Sari Bair and the Ottoman defence while keeping British, Irish, Australian, New...
FIELD NOTES
A veteran-owned, support-first guide to PTSD in soldiers and veterans: what PTSD means, why military experiences can contribute and where UK veterans can find professional support.
REMEMBRANCE
Remembrance Day 2026 is Wednesday 11 November and UK Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. This Iron Standard guide explains the dates, two-minute silence, poppy and the wider British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand,...
FALKLANDS WAR
The human cost of the 1982 Falklands War: 255 British service personnel, three Falkland Islanders and 649 Argentine military personnel killed, with remembrance and research links.
SECOND WORLD WAR
Twenty essential World War 2 facts presented as a global coalition history, including the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African and Indian contributions alongside the Eastern Front, Holocaust, D-Day, Pacific war...
FIRST WORLD WAR
World War 1 medals explained: the 1914 Star, 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal and Mercantile Marine Medal, with practical routes for tracing Army and Merchant Navy...
ANGLO-ZULU WAR
Rorke’s Drift Battlefield in KwaZulu-Natal: where it is, the 1879 mission-station map, defensive layout, attack approaches and what remains at the site today.
FIRST WORLD WAR
When and where was the Battle of the Somme, who won it, and what did it achieve? An Iron Standard guide that distinguishes the British, French, Australian, Canadian, Newfoundland, New Zealand and...
NAPOLEONIC WARS
A map-led guide to the Battle of Waterloo battlefield: Mont-Saint-Jean ridge, Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, Papelotte, Plancenoit, French attack axes and the Prussian approach.
ANGLO-ZULU WAR
A unit-by-unit roll of the soldiers and other defenders associated with Rorke’s Drift on 22–23 January 1879, with notes on disputed totals, casualties and the eleven Victoria Cross recipients.
ANGLO-ZULU WAR
Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded for the defence of Rorke’s Drift. Meet each recipient, follow their full biographies and continue into the complete battle and campaign guides.
SECOND WORLD WAR
General Douglas MacArthur commanded Allied forces across the Southwest Pacific, oversaw the occupation of Japan and later led United Nations Command in Korea before being relieved by President Truman and succeeded by...
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