Deep-sea explorers have found the wreck of a Japanese transport ship which sank off the Philippines, killing nearly 1,000 Australian troops and civilians in World War Two. It was Australia’s worst maritime disaster: a US submarine torpedoed the ship unaware that it was packed with prisoners captured in Papua New Guinea. The Montevideo Maru sank …
The United States launched a massive invasion of the Japanese home island of Okinawa, with an initial landing of 60,000 soldiers and marines, on this day in history, April 1, 1945. The Battle of Okinawa proved the last major engagement of World War II and the largest battle of the entire war in the Pacific Theater. Kamikazes, mass civilian …
A new activity which fits the tradition of the Haagse Veteranen Societeit (Hague Veterans Club) was a reception for the military attaches during the Netherlands Veterans Day in The Hague. The Hague as the United Nations city of Peace and Justice annually honors the Dutch veterans during Veterans Day, which for the first since the Covid …
A new activity which fits the tradition of the Hague Veterans Club/Foundation Commemoration Veterans (Stichting Herdenking Veteranen) was a reception for the military attaches in our city during the Netherlands Veteransday in The Hague. The Hague as the United Nations city of Peace and Justice annually honors the Dutch veterans during veteransday, which for the …
Kenneth George Mayhew, de oudste Ridder Militaire Willems-Orde is gisteren in het Engelse Norfolk overleden. De Brit werd 104 jaar. Mayhew kreeg de hoogste Nederlandse militaire onderscheiding in 1946 voor zijn heldhaftig optreden tijdens de bevrijding van het zuiden van Nederland. Met het sterven van Mayhew zijn er geen geridderde helden uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog meer …
Donald Stratton, one of the last USS Arizona survivors from Pearl Harbor who fought for the recognition of one of his heroic shipmates, died Saturday night in his sleep, his granddaughter told Fox News. Stratton died of natural causes in Colorado Springs, Colo., his family said. He was 97. The Navy veteran said it wasn’t until …
D-Day-veteraan Jim Booth poseert voor de fotografen AFP De Franse president schudt de hand van een veteraan AFP In de Engelse kuststad Portsmouth is vandaag D-day herdacht met een show vol muziek, theater, speeches en veel militair vertoon. Vandaag 75 jaar geleden begon daar de bevrijding. Vanuit Portsmouth vertrokken toen 150.000 geallieerde militairen om in …
