On March 19th, 1982, a group of Argentinian scrap metal workers docked in South Georgia (about 850 miles east of the Falklands) and raised the Argentine flag. Whether or not this was authorised by Galtieri’s government is still unclear, but...
When is a valid source not a valid source? Well, according to many writers on the Boer War: ‘when it doesn’t support the much-cherished myth’. Written by a leading ‘Defender of the Myth’™, one of the more mindlessly entertaining reviews of...
Claiming that the Boers taught the British army everything from marksmanship to camouflage is a popular pursuit for those of a certain persuasion, but few ever take a moment to consider what the British (who, let us not forget, won the war)...
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