OPERATION BYRD

TAKEN: C.APRIL 1967

A US soldier gives orders during Operation Byrd, in Bình Thuan province, South Vietnam. The American and South Vietnamese operation aimed to locate and destroy Viet Cong bunkers and supply dumps in the region. Task Force Byrd was made up of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, and the ARVN (Army of the People’s Republic of Vietnam). Initially only intended to last two months, operations continued from August

1966 to December 1967.

Serbian women are instructed how to handle rifles, during the Bosnian Crisis (1908-09). After the annexation of Bosnia Herzegovina by the dual-monarchy Austria-hungary on 6 October, the Serbian government protested, mobilised its army, and Serb nationalist organisations began preparing for an expected conflict. Though the crisis came to an end in 1909 when Serbia backed down, the balance of power in the Balkans would continue to cause unrest, culminating in the assassination of the heir to the Austro-hungarian throne,

Franz Ferdinand, in 1914.