the night of 25th March 1971, a chronic uproar resulted in the next day of 26th March, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s declaration of independence was broadcasted all over the country. On 27th March, Major Ziaur Rahman, the commander of the East Bengal Regiment in Chittagong, broadcasted two declarations on behalf of Sheikh Mujib stating himself as the temporary Head of the Republic and the proclaiming the independent state of Bangladesh. K. F. Rustamji, the first Director General and founding…
Although he was still an Austrian citizen, he was accepted in August 1914. He enlisted in a Bavarian Regiment in which 2500 to 3000 soldiers were killed or wounded after its first clash with the Allies. Although his regiment lost so many, Hitler left without any major injuries. Throughout World War One, Hitler was very lucky. He only sustained minor injuries for most of the war. He rose to the rank of Corporal…
Joseph Bloomfield was appointed captain in the third regiment of the New Jersey militia in 1776, he left his comfortable life and employment to support the Revolutionary war effort. He left behind two journals that held his first hand experiences of participating in The Revolutionary war and what he encountered being a captain in the barracks during this era. The Journals have been read, edited and published by a Mr Mark E. Lender and James Kirby Martin, these are the pages we have been provided…
The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. This battle brought about America’s bloodiest day, the product of Confederate bravery and Union command failure. Shortly after routing the Union Army of Virginia under Major General John Pope, General Lee led his own Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac into Maryland. Reasons for this assault included taking strain off the Shenandoah Valley which was referred to as” The Breadbasket of…
Born in Montreal and with French-speaking parents, Omer levesque was inspired to be in the Royal Canadian Air Force ever since he was a little boy. He did not know how to speak English very well so Omer joined the local militia unit and became the lieutenant there. Later joining the RCAF, and on March 31, 1951 he was the very first pilot to shoot down a Korean plane during the Korean war. Omer Levesque and other Canadian forces contribution to the war lead to Canada causing a significant impact.…
Putnam. Now promoted to a Major he was temporarily assigned to General McDougal, but as a result of the evacuation of New York in 1776 he returned to General Putnam’s command. Aaron Burr received a command of his own regiment as a Lieutenant Colonel over the famed “Malcolm’s Regiment” and demonstrated his ability to successfully lead his men during battle and was credited in repulsing nearly 2500 Tories who attempted to raid New York. He was also present at Valley Forge and Battle of Monmouth,…
Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Division Commander in World War I by William M. Wright, does a great deal of the personal representation of a division commander, during the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives of 1918. The Meuse-Argonne was one of the largest and bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. William M. Wright received assignment as a commanding general of the Eighty-ninth Division. Which he wrote diaries throughout his experiences in the war. Robert Ferrell, was a professor of American…
Ancient Egypt stood as one of the world’s most advanced civilizations for nearly 3,000 years. Egypt is undergoing rapid changes politically, economically and their military is using more force now than before leaving many Egyptians to rely on their religious beliefs to comfort them. Egypt’s uncertainty under the new leader have made decision making more difficult, social divides are more intense, economic hardships have increased, and the country is facing security issues as well such as…
circulation at forth ventricle level by fungal infection or granuloma formation (Figure 3). Placing an external ventricle drainage, increased her level of consciousness and after a while a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt was replaced and her antifungal regiment was changed to Voriconazole plus Caspofungin. But 2 weeks later she developed fever, refractory seizures and coma. She was intubated and despite the obvious changes in CSF cells…
and cubism. The dada movement was a movement which, was launched in 1916 in Zurich, was a direct reaction to the slaughter, propaganda and inanity of World War 1. In 1905, Marcel Duchamp began his compulsory military service with the 39th Infantry Regiment, working for a printer in Rouen. World War 1 caused societies ideologies and culture to change such as the turn away from authorities such as religions, monarchies etc. In Paris in 1906, his two older…