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The Swedish Carolean army

The Battle of Holowczyn

The Swedish Carolean army

"The River God Sends", a story of the Battle of Holowczyn, 4 July 1708. Voice reading: TheRiverGodSendsBattlefieldWitnessComNEW0:00/1427.4213151×

The Shadow War of George Washington

Commander of the Continental Army

The Shadow War of George Washington

A Historical Narrative Grounded in the records of the Continental Army, the Culper Ring correspondence, Benjamin Tallmadge's memoirs, and the papers of George Washington. "The necessity of procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not be further urged." — General George Washington, letter to Colonel Elias Dayton,

The Irish Brigade, voice reading part of this story

IrishBrigadepartofstory1byBattlefieldWitnessCom0:00/104.594251× The Irish BrigadeClear the Way A story of the Irish Brigade, Army of the Potomac, 1861–1862 I. Castle Garden, August 1861 He came off the ship at Castle Garden on a Tuesday morning in the third week of August, with four shillings and sixpence sewn

A British rescue operation

A British rescue operation

D Company, 1 PARA. Sierra Leone. 10 September 2000. I. The Chinook smelled of JP-8 aviation fuel, wet kit, and the particular quiet of men who had been told the odds and chosen not to discuss them. Danny Kavanagh sat with his SA80 between his knees and the dark bulk

The Irish Brigade

The Irish Brigade

Clear the Way A story of the Irish Brigade, Army of the Potomac, 1861–1862 I. Castle Garden, August 1861 He came off the ship at Castle Garden on a Tuesday morning in the third week of August, with four shillings and sixpence sewn into the coat lining and a

THE FOG DOES NOT LIFT

THE FOG DOES NOT LIFT

A Story of the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima Hachimanbara Plain, Shinano Province. The eighteenth day of the ninth month, Eiroku 4. What the West would call October, 1561. I. Ōishi Ryōken set out his needles in order of length. This was a discipline from his first campaign, thirty years ago