Introduction Eugene Bennett Fluckey (05 October 1913 to 28 June 2007), nicknamed “Lucky Fluckey”, was a United States Navy rear admiral who received the Medal of Honour and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II. Early Life Fluckey was born in Washington, D.C. on 05 October 1913. He… Read More
Introduction Nicholas Oresko (18 January 1917 to 04 October 2013) was an American combat veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honour for his valorous actions in Germany on 23 January 1945. Biography Oresko was born in Bayonne, New Jersey on 18 January 1917. He was the descendant of Ukrainian people. World… Read More
Introduction Irena Morzycka-Iłłakowicz (also as Iłłakowiczowa, 26 July 1906 to 04 October 1943) was a Polish second Lieutenant of the National Armed Forces and intelligence agent. The daughter of Bolesław Morzycki and Władysława Zakrzewska and the sister of Jerzy, she was also a polyglot who spoke seven languages: Polish, French, English, Persian, Finnish, German and… Read More
Introduction Dorothy Lawrence (04 October 1896 to 04 October 1964) was an English journalist who posed as a male soldier in order to report from the front line during World War I. She managed to obtain a military uniform from a friend. as well as getting a false identity. However trench life affected her health,… Read More
Introduction The Polish-Ukrainian War, from November 1918 to July 1919, was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces (both the West Ukrainian People’s Republic and Ukrainian People’s Republic). The conflict had its roots in ethnic, cultural and political differences between the Polish and Ukrainian populations living in the region both as successor… Read More
Events 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly. 1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially… Read More
Introduction The Polish-Soviet War (late autumn 1918 to 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the aftermath of World War I, on territories formerly held by the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Refer to Ukranian Wars of Independence (1917-1921). In newly independent… Read More
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