James Vidler: The Royal Air Force veteran with a distinguished career of 50 years
Mr James Vidler, veteran from British Royal Air Force, breathed his last at the age of 92 on 13th November, 2014. He is survived by…
THE SKY THEIR BATTLEFIELD II – Review by Mark Barnes
Because I like such a wide range of military history I try to gather a broad knowledge of it but don’t suggest for one minute…
Lawrence Benner, the tail gunner tells his tale
Lawrence Benner, a crew member of the Lancaster bomber aircraft reflects on his journey as a tail gunner during the Second World War. A Tail…
Home Guard Was More Than Dad’s Army
An air raid took place at the Vickers Aircraft Factory at Weybridge, Surrey and a section leader of the Home Guard rushed in to find…
Why the Americans lost the Vietnam War
Tony Morse, managing partner with the Spatial Analysis Group, believes that the reason that the U.S. lost the Vietnam War is because they didn’t want…
LOYAL SONS – Review by Israel Schwierz
One year after the appearance of his first book; “Loyalty Betrayed. Jewish Chaplains in the German Army in the First World War” the physician and…
Ready to cry? He saved 669 children during the holocaust…he doesn’t know they’re sitting next to him.
Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…
Richard Blyth pays a tribute to his fellow colleagues whom he lost in the war of Walcheren during Second World War:
88 years old veteran soldier Richard Blyth talks about his experiences of allied invasion of Holland. There he was a part of the Combined Operation…
Mel Gibson, Andrew Garfield Set to Work on Upcoming WWII Film
Oscar-winning director and actor Mel Gibson will reportedly work with The Amazing Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield on upcoming WWII film about war vet Desmond T. Doss, the…
A Pair of Firsts?
Archibald Ashmore KcKellar. His name may not be familiar to many people nowadays. Seventy-five years ago, his was one of the most recognised names in…
Frontline World War II photo album found
While serving in WWII, Frank Tomlinson, a Royal Artillery soldier with the 74th Field Regiment, took over 1000 photos chronicling his life on the front…
WIND IN THE WIRES – Review by Mark Barnes
The gathering pace of events surrounding the centenary of the Great War have coincided with some difficult times in my world and, as a consequence,…