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Air attack on Repulse, 10th December 1941
In early-December 1941, Force Z arrived in Singapore to deter Japanese aggression and reinforce British positions in the Far East. Commanded by Admiral Tom Phillips, it consisted of two capital ships (HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse) and four destroyers. Small and unbalanced, Force Z failed to deter the invasion of British Malaya on 8th…
Machine gun dog cart, Belgium, 1914
Before mass motorisation, dogs were widely used as cheap and efficient pack animals in the Low Countries. In 1913 the Belgian army accepted a small carriage, designed by Lieutenants Blancgarin and Van de Putte, that could mount a Maxim machine gun and ammunition. It would be pulled by sturdy dog breeds such as the Belgian…
The Prussian Guard at Ypres, 11th November 1914
On the morning of 11th Nov 1914, German forces launched a final attempt to capture Ypres and the Channel ports. After a two hour artillery bombardment, thousands of troops came out of the mist and attacked a thin Allied line stretching from Polygon Wood to Messines. During the attack, four regiments from the elite Prussian…
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