Featured in british soldiersBYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023ShareAn Irish Republican charged an entire battalion of British Soldiers during the Easter UprisingThe Irish had been fighting against British rule on the Emerald Isle for centuries before the First World War. But with British troops tied up fighting the Germans on the… BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyJan 17, 2023ShareWhy some World War II soldiers wore ropes around their torsosA lot was asked of British soldiers during World War II, and they would happily oblige if they were given the right tools for the job – and sometimes they… BYTeam MightyJan 17, 2023ShareBYBlake StilwellJul 22, 2022ShareThat time a British soldier held back 6,000 enemy troops with beer bottlesThere’s probably no greater argument in favor of issuing bottled beer to troops in combat than the story of William Speakman. In 1951, the 24-year-old Speakman volunteered for service in the Korean War. He initially joined the Bla… BYBlake StilwellJul 22, 2022ShareBYBusiness InsiderOct 2, 2020ShareHow a daring hostage rescue raid helped Britain’s elite special operators get their confidence backSierra Leone, September 2000. The West Side Boys, a well-armed but poorly trained gang, has taken hostage 11 British soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment and is threatening to execute them if London doesn’t meet its demands. Back … BYBusiness InsiderOct 2, 2020ShareBYMiguel OrtizAug 20, 2020ShareThe British version of JRTC is in KenyaThe U.S. Army Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, is consistently rated by soldiers as a place that you don’t want to go. Hot temperatures, high humidity and a geographically isolated location make it so that soldiers posted th… BYMiguel OrtizAug 20, 2020Share
BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023ShareAn Irish Republican charged an entire battalion of British Soldiers during the Easter UprisingThe Irish had been fighting against British rule on the Emerald Isle for centuries before the First World War. But with British troops tied up fighting the Germans on the… BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyJan 17, 2023ShareWhy some World War II soldiers wore ropes around their torsosA lot was asked of British soldiers during World War II, and they would happily oblige if they were given the right tools for the job – and sometimes they… BYTeam MightyJan 17, 2023Share
BYBlake StilwellJul 22, 2022ShareThat time a British soldier held back 6,000 enemy troops with beer bottlesThere’s probably no greater argument in favor of issuing bottled beer to troops in combat than the story of William Speakman. In 1951, the 24-year-old Speakman volunteered for service in the Korean War. He initially joined the Bla… BYBlake StilwellJul 22, 2022Share
BYBusiness InsiderOct 2, 2020ShareHow a daring hostage rescue raid helped Britain’s elite special operators get their confidence backSierra Leone, September 2000. The West Side Boys, a well-armed but poorly trained gang, has taken hostage 11 British soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment and is threatening to execute them if London doesn’t meet its demands. Back … BYBusiness InsiderOct 2, 2020Share
BYMiguel OrtizAug 20, 2020ShareThe British version of JRTC is in KenyaThe U.S. Army Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, is consistently rated by soldiers as a place that you don’t want to go. Hot temperatures, high humidity and a geographically isolated location make it so that soldiers posted th… BYMiguel OrtizAug 20, 2020Share
