by Ed Nash | Sep 21, 2020 | Current Developments, Military History
The oldest of the Burmese Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) is the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU). A member of the Sino-Tibetan peoples, the Karen’s origins are difficult to trace, though scholars believe they...
by Ed Nash | Jun 5, 2020 | Current Developments, Military History, Miscellanous
This is the second in a series on the Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) of the Civil Conflict in Burma (also known as Myanmar) and if you want know about the origins of the war see Part One. In a war that has lasted over seventy five years, the Arakan Army is...
by Ed Nash | Jun 4, 2020 | Military History, Warriors
A little known but somewhat controversial figure in aviation and military history, James Peck claims to have been the first African American to shoot down five aircraft in aerial combat during the Spanish Civil War – an event that occurred when the United...
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