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ARTICLE: The Tiger Tank Story by Noel Feeney

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(Tiger I) “And the lord was with Judah And he drove out the The inhabitants of the mountain But he could not drive out The…

10 Little Known Facts about D-Day

Here are the numbers that tell you everything you need to know about D-Day. 2 Mulberry Harbours: A raid on Dieppe had taught the British…

“Mein Opa” – Tracing the footsteps of a german soldier during the Battle of the Bulge 1944/45 by Rob Schäfer

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One of the best things about running this blog and the connected twitter account is that they bring me in touch with good and interesting…

ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945

Mark Barnes

Without being cruel to Lloyd Clark, he does a certain amount of this… ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945 by Lloyd Clark Market Garden…

NOT THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE

Mark Barnes

There is an other worldliness about Hong Kong that emphasises its distance from the UK. The sights and sounds of a city packed with millions…

VIMY By Pierre Berton

Mark Barnes

A prolific and much loved writer, the late Pierre Berton’s passion for Canadian history resounded through his long career as a journalist and broadcaster. A…

HITLER’S OLYMPICS THE STORY OF THE 1936 NAZI GAMES

Mark Barnes

It seems quite appropriate to me that we should publish the review of this book on the day of the opening ceremony of the London…

WWII TANKER, KEN TOUT – DO WE BRITS REVEL IN DEFEAT?

Keith

  NO? SO WHAT ABOUT TOTALIZE PHASE?   Is there a tendency among British historians and commentators to enthuse about defeat whilst finding it difficult…

Arnhem Part 1 – Battle for the Bridges

Jack Beckett

Arnhem Part 1 – Battle for the Bridges Series Content The Market Garden Collection, in four full length DVDs, aims to cover the whole of…

The Catalina sank a German U-boat off Iceland in 1944.

Keith

A WW2 Catalina flying boat which took part in the Fermanagh Seaplane Festival a month ago remains stranded at the former wartime airbase on Lough Erne.It was damaged after drifting onto a moored yacht and there has been a delay in getting the plane repaired. The incident during the event is being examined by Air Accident Investigators and their report will be made public when it is completed.