On 23 October 2024, the anniversary of the second and decisive battle of El Alamein in the Second World War, the official profile of the Italian Ministry of Defence tweeted: ...

His name resonates with images of decisive victories and unwavering resolve, forever etched in the annals of wartime w.

The lead was eight points and, for all intents and purposes, Beckman was out of the woods in a 62-58 victory over El Toro. With its second win of the season over the Chargers, Beckman (13-13 ...

Despite being a slightly anonymous armament, mines are deadly and effective weapons. During World War II, millions of mines were used in all theaters. Since 1945, removal efforts have cut those ...

There have long been rumours that the building of the subterranean bunkers and passage had been for Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, the best known British general of the second world war, famous for ...

Thousands of them were used in the Second Battle of El Alamein, when the Allies succeeded in cutting a swathe through the Devil's Garden at a rate of 100 to 200 m² per hour with the help of the ...

and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions at the second battle of El Alamein. It will also include an image of Sapper Jamie Larcombe, who was killed in action in the ...

Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

Following an accident which resulted in a leg injury, he rejoined his battalion before the battle of El Alamein. Kibby was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions over several days.

It started with a small gathering on 21st April 1951 at the cenotaph near the Johannesburg City Hall commemorating soldiers who had died in the first and second world wars ... the ninth anniversary of ...

By July 1942 the battle in North Africa became critical for the British Eighth Army, with German and Italian forces reaching El Alamein in Egypt, about seventy miles from Alexandria. The 9th Division ...