espionage, knitting, world war i

How Knitting Was Used as an Espionage Tool in World War I

Whenever there is warfare, there are espionage activities. The means of carrying out spying on enemy forces have changed over time. Nowadays, advanced technologies and devices are being used for espionage purposes across the world, including drones and spy satellites. In ancient ages, animals and birds were also deployed for such needs. However, not many ...

Jack Roberts

Women learning to knit to pass on military information.

An Awesome Bull (Part 2)

The change to the bull’s prisoner-of-war status made General von Bock very angry. He sent his German Shepherd dog to kill him. When the dog saw him, he became very aggressive and attacked him ferociously. The bull slammed itself into the barbed wire dragging the snarling dog with it and the sharp iron spikes tore ...

Helen London

A German Shepherd.

An Awesome Bull (Part 1)

In 1940, the Germans invaded Belgium and quickly occupied much of the country. When the German garrison commander, Major Krupp, took office. He received an order from General von Bock, the chief of Army Group B, to kill a bull named Knight. Major Krupp was puzzled. Why did the general hate a bull so much? ...

Helen London

Knight was a military bull.

ANZAC Day in Melbourne

April 25 is ANZAC Day in Australia. ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps. War was declared between England and Germany on August 4, 1914. When World War I started, Australia promised 20,000 men to aid England. At the time, Australia’s opposition leader Andrew Fisher announced that: “Our last man and our last shilling in any ...

Trisha Haddock

Book Review: ‘Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies’

Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies is a story based on true historical facts from 1902 to the end of  World War I in 1918. The author, Jackie French, felt inspired to write this book after reading a letter she came across while doing research for another book — A Rose For The Anzac Boys. The letter was by ...

Trisha Haddock