UK and Commonwealth Awards
Valor Friday
In my studies on the topic of military valor, I’ve become acquainted with the various awards issued by our allies, or at least their top-level decorations. I’ve become quite familiar with the British (and by extension Commonwealth) awards and decorations. The British system is complex, with both civil and military medals as well as other […]
Valor Friday
In the days before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the US was solidly staying out of the Second World War. For many young men who longed for glory and to fight fascism, the American reticence to join the war was too much. They ran off and joined the Canadian or British military. About 9,000 Americans […]
Valor Friday
Submarines played a pivotal role in World War I, the first conflict in which subs were in wide use by multiple combatants. While World War I proved the submarine was a viable type of warship, World War II would see even more wide use of the type. Germany was the most prolific user of subs […]
Valor Friday
Today I present something a bit different. If you haven’t discovered the YouTube Yarnhub channel, you’re missing out. They do 3D animated military history videos that are overall very good. A recent video highlighted the actions of Andrew Mynarski. He was a Royal Canadian Air Force airman who was mortally wounded when his Lancaster bomber […]
Valor Friday
BBC (by way of AOL), has a story about a museum appealing for donations to purchase medals related to a grizzly WWII battle I’m ashamed to say I was unfamiliar with. It is the Battle of Geilenkirchen, which was a British-led endeavor, but was the first combat action of the war for the American 84th […]
Valor Friday
Earlier this week, SecDef Hegseth re-renamed Fort Bragg. Instead of naming it after the legendarily bad Confederate General Braxton Bragg, the sprawling facility (one of the world’s largest by population with more than 52,000 military assigned) is now named for a WWII hero of the Battle of the Bulge. Private First Class Roland Bragg earned […]
Valor Friday
I’m once more letting Military Times do my week’s work for me. They posted up an article the other day about the five Americans who have received Britain’s highest honor, the Victoria Cross. For comparison’s sake, here’s the breakdown for foreign born recipients of the Medal of Honor; Out of 3,536 total awards, 568 were […]
Valor Friday
Last week we looked at the heroism of Australian Richard Norden. He recently received a Victoria Cross, the highest award given to those in British or Commonwealth service. The actions for which he was awarded this in 2024 happened decades earlier in the jungles of Vietnam. I briefly mentioned that the Aussies had only once […]
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