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What Was Daily Life Like in a WWI Trench? | Daily Routine of a British Soldier in the Trenches
We all know the stories of the horror of trench warfare in the First World War. Waves of soldiers clambering out of their trenches into a hail of gunfire and nests of barbed wire strewn across ...
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Jules Brunet, The Real ‘Last Samurai’ Who Resigned From The French Military To Fight For The Shogunate
Meet Frenchman Jules Brunet, the real-life last samurai. Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain ...
Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...
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France orders 100 upgraded Leclerc XLR tanks
The Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, announced on 28 January that it had ordered 100 more upgraded Leclerc XLR main ...
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French Army receives first MEPAC armoured mortar carrier
The French Army received its first Griffon Mortier Embarqué Pour l'Appui au Contact (MEPAC) 6×6 self-propelled 120 mm mortar ...