Irish College Honors French Resistance Fighters
Irish College in Paris has recently held a ceremony for men and women of Irish descent who fought for the French Resistance during the Second…
I survived – Review by Phil Hodges
Loveable: That’s how 4124 Private ‘Ginger’ Byrne came across in this book; after all it is his and based solely on his memoirs. It’s the…
Was Napoleon Bonaparte Defeated by Cartography?
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo is one of the most famous military defeats of all time. Many use it as something of a…
Tank Medium, Mark II* (E1949.330)
The main British tank from 1923 until 1935 In 1923 Vickers Ltd. of Sheffield and Newcastle, started to manufacture tanks for the British Army. They…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 5 By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes arrives at Anzac Cove. There is little doubt that Anzac is the place most people identify with the Gallipoli campaign. Many accounts suggest…
Kidnap in Crete – Review by Mark Barnes
We last met Rick Stroud gadding about the Western Desert following in the wake of a motley crew of scenery painters and conjurers who deceived…
Napoleon and Josephine’s Marriage Certificate Sold for Almost 500,000 Euros at Auction
Napoléon Bonaparte and Joséphine de Beauharnais’s love story was one of the greatest and most celebrated in history. And just recently, the document that sealed…
World War Two Heroes: Russia Honours Roy Bayliss for His Arctic Convoys Bravery
About 70 years ago, Roy Bayliss had no choice but to celebrate his 21st birthday in a heavy war zone. The World War Two veteran…
GERMAN WARSHIP SERIES BACK IN PRINT – Review by Mark Barnes
If we think about the Kreigsmarine during World War II the pictures coming immediately into our heads will be of U-Boats or the famous capital…
Salvaging Records for Veterans
On July 12, 1973 firefighters responded to a call from the National Personnel Records Center, the holder of millions of military files from the 20th…
Survivor of German U-Boat Attack Passes Away
The image of the German U-boat dredges up a number of images to those who were alive during the Second World War. Even many of…
THE OLD FRONT LINE – Review by Mark Barnes
Back in the 1980s when it was still possible to walk areas of the Western Front and find a considerable amount of the debris of…