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Korea, War Without End

All 62, a mix of old and young, male and female, recognised each of the battles, except for one, the Imjin River, fought during the Korean War. I wasn’t particularly surprised. The war which smashed into the Korean peninsula in 1950 is commonly described by many in the West as a forgotten war.

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Operation Steinbock 1944

By the second half of 1943, the skies over Britain were a dangerous place for the Luftwaffe. Attacks by daylight were rare due to the potency of the RAF while in attacks by night – even if the German crews were afforded darkness as protection – superior RAF nightfighters, much-improved radar and anti-aircraft guns wreaked a heavy price on the Luftwaffe.

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MAA 562 Partisan Warfare in Greece 1941–44

Of all European countries to be invaded by the Axis during World War II, Greece was to resist the longest (except for the UK, which, save for the Channel Islands, was never invaded). Between October 1940 (Italy’s invasion of Greece) and May 1941 (Germany’s capture of the island of Crete, following a costly airborne operation), the small Kingdom of Greece fought and, against all odds, prevailed against superior forces, at the cost of the lives of tens of thousands of its citizens.

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