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90Top 5 Legendary Real-Life Snipers (EVER)
Snipers date back ages, however their first widespread documented use is in the Revolutionary War. Occasionally, between all of the troops in all of the wars, a legendary sniper will emerge. Here are the stories of Cydro's top 5.
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85Origins of the Names 'Alabama' and 'Montgomery' (city) - United States Place Names History
Place names can tell us a lot about the history of a settlement. Why can the names 'Alabama' and 'Montgomery' teach us?
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82Firing Squad at Dawn - Executions in World War One (WWI)
During the First World War, several hundred men were shot at dawn, by firing squads, made up of their own comrades, supposedly for cowardice and desertion. Many were suffering from trauma and other physical, psychological and / or emotional health problems. A number of them were young boys, who had lied about their age, when they enlisted, and then simply could not cope with the horrors that World War One forced upon them. They died a horrific and terrifying death, when they should have been sen
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81Why Should We Respect Professional Soldiers?
I’ve never understood the exaggerated public respect that is accorded to professional soldiers. Most recently in the UK we’ve witnessed the spectacle of the Prime Minister effectively being emotionally blackmailed into phoning the mother of a...
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81Benedict Arnold: From Founding Hero To Traitor
The name Benedict Arnold in American lore is synonymous with being a traitor to the United States. And with good reason. Benedict Arnold for his own personal reasons and benefit committed crimes against the American Cause in the Revolutionary War...
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81Military History: The S.A.S - Jungle Warriors
This is the strory of the SAS in Malaya, the scene of one of their greatest ever behind-the-lines successes, reliving why this particular campaign acted as the foundation for other famous and successful SAS endeavours. The SAS were an elite...
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80World War Two: Britain's Rogue Warrior
Paddy Mayne was a hell-raising hero of World War 2. He blew up thousands of German aircraft and convoys, and in true SAS style, killed hundreds of Germans with just his bare hands. In December 1941 at an airfield deep in the North African desert,...
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80James Daly of the Connaught Rangers: Death Penalty and Executed in India for Mutiny
James Daly, Got the Death Penalty and Executed in India for Mutiny. At Jullundur India.Connaught Rangers Irish Regiment, British Army. Black and Tans
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81Harry Patch Last Combat Veteran of World War I Dies
On July 25, 2009, exactly a week to the day following the death of British World War I veteran Henry Allingham, Great Britain lost another veteran of World War I with the passing of Harry Patch. The death of Henry John Patch or Harry Patch as he...
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