Month: September 2025

• The Liberation of Broglie, France: A Triumph of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division

  

  Guest Post by M. Raoul Boyer Video Description: The machine-gunner/assistant driver of a Sherman tank belonging to the 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) is given a glass of wine to drink by a Frenchwoman during a pause in the advance. FFI volunteers and townspeople gather in small groups in the rain to greet…

  September 12, 2025

  1940s, 1944, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, Allied Forces, Battle of Normandy, Broglie, France, Canada, Canada’s Military History, Canadian Army, Canadian history, Canadian soldiers, D-Day, event & history, French Resistance, German Army, Historical Images, Historical ImagesHistorical Videos, Historical Photos, Historical Videos, History Daily, History Daily With Francis Chappell Black, Hitler Youth, Liberation, photographer, photographs, photography, photos, The Battle of Normandy, Waffen SS, World War II

  1940s, 1944, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, Allied Forces, Broglie, Canada, Canada’s Military History, Canadian Army, Canadian history, Canadian soldiers, D-Day, event & history, France, French Resistance, German Army, Historical Images, Historical Images/Historical Videos, History Daily, History Daily With Francis Chappell Black, Hitler Youth, Liberation, photographer, photographs, photography, photos, The Battle of Normandy, Waffen SS, World War II

• The War They Waged: Viet Cong Women at War

  

  Image: A Viet Cong guerrilla stands guard in the Mekong Delta. “You could find women like her almost everywhere during the war,” said the photographer. “She was only 24 years old but had been widowed twice. Both her husbands were soldiers. I saw her as the embodiment of the ideal guerrilla woman, who’d made great sacrifices…

  September 3, 2025

  1960s, 1970s, America, American Army, American History, Australia, Cambodia, event & history, Female Viet Cong Guerillas, Females, Historical Photos, history, History Daily, History Daily With Francis Chappell Black, Laos, North Vietnam, soldiers, South Vietnam, Tet Offensive, Vietnam War

  1960s, 1970s, America, American Army, American History, Cambodia, event & history, Female Viet Cong Guerillas, Females, Historical Photos, history, History Daily, History Daily With Francis Chappell Black, Laos, North Vietnam, soldiers, South Vietnam, Tet Offensive, Viet Cong, Vietnam War