served as a signaller in the Second World War and played an important part in keeping his “wireless village” on the air in the Burma Campaign. In November 1944, Newland was at 14th Army HQ at ...

Major Dudley John Gardiner was a giant of a man and a dedicated and much-loved quartermaster for the poor and needy in India.

The Oscars have given out 96 awards for Best Picture in their long history. Here’s one thing you should know about each film, from ‘Wings’ to ‘Oppenheimer.’ ...

Prepare to have your mind blown.” Thus concludes fantasy author Joshua Palmatier’s introduction to “Combat Monsters,” a ...

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of West Wyalong resident Private Douglas Andrew Love Craig at the ...

George Orwell was the most influential British writer since 1945. Many of his neologisms – such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought Police’, ‘Room 101’, ‘Newspeak’, ‘memory hole’, ‘doublethink’ and ...

January 23, is observed as Parakram Diwas. In 2021, the government announced that January 23 would be observed as Parakram Diwas to pay tribute to Netaji's relentless pursuit of India's freedom. Since ...

The INA crossed the Indo-Burma border and marched towards Imphal and Kohima in March 1944. The Chalo Delhi campaign ended at Imphal. Story continues below this ad 4. By 1945, the British had launched ...

His journey in the business world began at the age of twelve with ruby stones in Burma (now Myanmar). This experience laid the foundation for his future endeavours, and in 1944, he established a ...

For the next three years they were used for labour, most of them working on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway or languishing in prison ... The 2/3rd spent the rest of 1943 and almost all of 1944 on the ...