The American landing on Omaha Beach was “difficult” to say the least, but I don’t think that it would have failed in the end. There might well...
For anybody planning a visit, Arramanches is now a popular tourist destination on the Normandy coast, and just like so many other Normandy towns...
To claim a deliberate cover-up is probably unrepresentative of this tragic incident, although at the time there seems to have been definite...
Midway was a clear victory for US intelligence as well as their naval forces; having cracked the Japanese codes, they knew that an attack on...
[ATTACH] Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was a Pima Native American and an American Marine who was one of the six men...
I can’t remember when I first heard of the Exercise “Tiger” disaster, but I was reminded of it while watching an episode of “Foyle’s War” quite...
The men of the Parachute Regiment who successfully took and held the Pegasus Bridge over the Orne canal didn’t parachute in but they arrived...
Back then it was called "Appeasement". These days we call it "Diplomacy". America well remembers the traumas of the Vietman War and more...
These clubs were open to anyone who met the criteria; it wasn’t squadron based. In almost all cases the award had to be applied for, it wasn’t...
I knew two ex RAF aircrew who became members of the Caterpillar club; my uncle, W P Bates who found it necessary to exit their Manchester during a...
During the war there were a number of unofficial clubs instigated particularly by aircrews for members who had to make a “swift exit” from an...
I remember seeing a film recently that dealt with the Navajo code-talkers. “Windtalkers”, starring Nicolas Cage; it’s the usual Hollywood “how...
This was taken directly from the webpage at: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/cemeteries/frcemies.htm Le Ministère des Pensions There are...
I think it’s fair to say that this is yet one more of the various myths and “urban legends” which build up over time, especially about times of...
You mentioned the sending of intelligence reports from France back to the allies in Britain, but these messages were sometimes a "two-way...
Oops! A slight mistake here. In the interest of historical accuracy, the sinking of the Tirpitz was carried out by 617 squadron and 9 squadron,...
The warning notice in mock german often seen stuck to sensitive equipment, particularly in communications workshops: ACHTUNG! Alles...
I have managed to find a digital copy of “The Dam Busters” by Paul Brickhill. This seminal work documents the activities of Barnes Wallis and 617...
Whether Hitler had any marbles to start with is open to conjecture, and if the old song is to be believed, he was at least short of one!...
I did hear a bit of a funny line about the Thunderbolt made by RAF Spitfire pilots. Compared with the earlier marks of Spitfire, the RAF pilots...
