Fighting ensued. As part of its strategy to contain communism, the United States aided South Vietnam by sending military advisers. By the end of 1962, the number of American military advisers had ...
As 1917 came to a close, the European Allies, their forces depleted, faced a German offensive designed to win the war before the American troops could arrive. On the Eastern Front, Russia ...
Around 650,000 Canadian soldiers fought in WW1. In the east, the Russian Army was able to mobilise more quickly than the Germans had anticipated and began advancing towards Germany’s borders.
Stories abound of young men joining up after Pearl Harbor. But how did US troops respond when they learned of the attack? Thanks to an Army survey program launched the very next day, we know what ...