During his captivity, Lt. Vincent Eyre, one of the few survivors of the annihilation of the British army in Afghanistan in 1842, wrote an account of the disastrous campaign that still serves as a warning against undue optimism in military operations. Eyre noted that, prior to the slaughter of some

Source: Atlas Obscura Lieutenant Colonel Herbert “H” Jones is one of the highest-ranking British officers to be killed in action in recent times. He was the officer in command of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment during their deployment in support of the Falklands War, and led his troops

Source: Atlas Obscura During the Falklands War, many of the British troops who died in battle we placed in temporary graves until the war was won and a permanent cemetery could be established. At the time, the tradition was that British troops killed in action would be buried as close as possible

Authored by Steve H. Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University. Follow him on Twitter @Steve_Hanke. Earlier this week, China and India said they had resolved their differences over the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Both claimed victory over their two-month-long dispute in the remote Himalayan

Fox News anchor denies allegations that he lied. Opinion: Gary Ruffin  Why does everyone envy soldiers who were unfortunate to be in a war zone. I served in the army back in the sixty's before Vietnam war started I did not go to a war zone and I am very glad I did not. After the military I went