The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Canada. However, troops from many other countries participated in the Battle of Normandy, including: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.
Who are the FSA fighters? As the US government debates on whether to assist Syrian rebels in their war against Bashar al-Assad, American citizens are learning more about their potential allies every day. The Free Syrian Army fighters are reportedly made up of al Nusra forces, which are al Qaeda affiliated fighters who have committed…
By: Laura Meyers A military training exercise, Operation Jade Helm 15, begins on Wednesday across the southern US states, and one Texan man has organized a civilian counter surveillance program, Operation Counter Jade Helm. The training exercise will consist of 1,200 service members, including special forces from all four branches, Marine expeditionary forces and the 82nd Airborne…
President Trump surprised his foreign policy experts (including those at the Pentagon), American elected officials, American citizens, and the Kurds when he announced a quick movement of the small number of US forces stationed on the border of Turkey and Syria with Kurdish forces. The case of Syria is extremely complex. Syria has been in…
By Erica Wenig Islamic State jihadis used a sandstorm to obfuscate their movements while launching a well-planned offensive and overrunning Ramadi last week. American warplanes were unable to strike during the storm, as Islamic State militants launched at least 10 suicide bombings and used bulldozers to demolish city walls, according to The New York Times. An estimated 400 Islamic State fighters defeated the remaining 1,000 Iraqi officers and…
Russ Read In a stroke of irony, a sniper from the elite British Special Air Service (S.A.S.) took the head off an Islamic State leader who was teaching recruits how to behead prisoners. The terrorist was probably not expecting to become his students’ example, but the sniper armed with a large-caliber rifle made him one…
A look at the proposed military budget by Ian Huyett Follow TLR on Google+ When Chuck Hagel was nominated as Defense Secretary last year, libertarians were split. To some, President Obama’s choice was a pleasant surprise; during the Bush administration, Hagel had been a prominent Republican critic of interventionism and foreign entanglement. On the…
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