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Road ambush at Bakri, 18th January 1942
By mid-January 1942, the relentless Japanese advance across Malaya had forced British and Commonwealth forces to withdraw to Johore in the south of the country. It was here that one of the few local victories against the Japanese came on 18th January. At dawn, the Imperial Guards Division advanced down the road towards the town…
Air attack on Repulse, 10th December 1941
In early-December 1941, Force Z arrived in Singapore to reinforce the British position in the Far East and deter Japanese aggression. Commanded by Admiral Tom Phillips, it consisted of two capital ships (HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse) and four destroyers. Small and unbalanced, Force Z failed to deter the invasion of British Malaya on…
Machine gun dog cart, Belgium, 1914
Before mass motorisation, dogs were widely used as cheap and efficient pack animals in the Low Countries. In 1913 the Belgian army accepted a small carriage, designed by Lieutenants Blancgarin and Van de Putte, that could mount a Maxim machine gun and ammunition. It would be pulled by sturdy dog breeds such as the Belgian…
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