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SECOND WORLD WAR
General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg commanded Panzer Group West and became a central figure in the German argument over how armoured reserves should be used against the Allied invasion of Normandy.
SECOND WORLD WAR
Major General William C. Lee helped turn the US Army airborne idea into an operational force and became the first commander of the 101st Airborne Division, before illness removed him from command...
AFGHANISTAN
What happened at Musa Qalah? Follow the 52-day British defence in 2006, the Afghan-brokered agreement, Taliban return, the Afghan-led 2007 recapture and the later British HERRICK story in northern Helmand.
AFGHANISTAN
Operation HERRICK explained: official date conventions, Britain’s move into Helmand, Musa Qalah, British forces and the transition to Operation TORAL.
IRAQ / TELIC
Operation TELIC explained: when it began and ended, why Basra mattered, British forces and the main phases of the UK campaign in Iraq.
IRAQ / TELIC
Nouri al-Maliki was Iraq’s Prime Minister from 2006 to 2014. His decision to accelerate Operation Charge of the Knights in Basra in March 2008 became a turning point in the later British...
IRAQ / TELIC
I remember Private Craig Barber here as part of TELIC 10: a 2 Royal Welsh Team Medic and Warrior driver killed by small-arms fire during a night operation in Basra on 6...
IRAQ / TELIC
Muqtada al-Sadr emerged as one of the most important Shia political and militia leaders after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His Mahdi Army shaped the 2004 uprisings and later confrontations in Basra.
IRAQ / TELIC
Ryan Francis was a personal friend of mine. I remember him here both as a friend and as a 2 Royal Welsh Recce Platoon Warrior driver killed by an IED in Basra...
IRAQ / TELIC
I remember Private James (Jamie) Kerr here as part of TELIC 10: a Black Watch soldier who volunteered to reinforce 2 Royal Welsh and was killed in Basra on 28 June 2007...
FALKLANDS WAR
Leopoldo Galtieri led Argentina’s military government during the 1982 Falklands War. This biography traces the junta’s decision to invade, the failed diplomatic gamble and the collapse that followed defeat.
IRAQ / TELIC
I remember Private Scott Kennedy here as part of TELIC 10: a Black Watch soldier who volunteered to reinforce 2 Royal Welsh and was killed in Basra on 28 June 2007 alongside...
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