After giving the final order for the D-Day Invasion to begin on June 6, 1944 — after his commanders had rushed out to carry out the order, after the press had been…
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Unexploded bomb squads
In Churchill’s Memoirs of The Second World War, he tells the story of the unexploded bomb squads, or U.X.B squads. During the bombardment of England, the Nazis dropped large numbers of delayed-action bombs.…
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Friendship
Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier…
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Dashrath Manjhi, The Mountain Man
An extraordinary common man from Gaya, Bihar, single-handedly bored through a mountain for over two decades to make a commutable path that would take his village closer to the outside world. For…
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Kartik Sawhney and his extra-ordinary vision
Kartik Sawhney is currently an undergraduate, doing his Bachelors in Computer Science at Stanford University. While he is among the many Indian students studying in the US, what sets him apart is that…
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Never say die
We rarely find examples of insistent persistence for success, like those of Abraham Lincoln. Born in poverty, brought up in a log cabin, he had to face defeat throughout his life. He…
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“Never give up!”
Sir Winston Churchill took three years getting through eighth grade because he had trouble learning English. It seems ironic that years later Oxford University asked him to address its commencement exercises. He…