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Inside the real Birdsong tunnels: Never-before-seen images of the mines dug by British ‘clay-kickers’ under German lines in WW1

  • ARTICLES
Mar 20, 2012 Keith

Flanders fields today bears little sign of the four years of war that claimed so many thousands of lives and ravaged this small corner of the Western Front.

WWI letter found in Hastings reveals Kent man’s heroism

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Mar 20, 2012 Keith

It was 1915 when the World War I vessel HMS Hythe sank in Turkey while on operations.

And a letter recently uncovered by a historian, who stumbled across it in a militaria shop in Hastings, Sussex, details the bravery of the ship’s captain. The document describes how Capt Reggie Salomons, from Kent, died while trying to save his men.

IMAGES OF WAR HITLER’S HEADQUARTERS 1939-1945

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Mar 20, 2012 Keith

  With news that the Poles are opening up one of Hitler’s headquarters for tourism, this timely new book offers a fascinating dip into the…

Final Days of the Reich

  • REVIEWS
Mar 20, 2012 Keith

This is new offering in the Images of War series includes some truly excellent photographs,  In my many years photographing living history groups, the question…

One-ton WWII-era bomb unearthed in France

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Mar 20, 2012 Keith

Up to 1,000 people have been evacuated from the city of Marseille in France after a one-ton World War II German bomb was found buried nearby.

Army Ranger who led D-Day attack on German gun positions

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Mar 20, 2012 Keith

George Kerchner, a junior officer who led his Army Ranger company up the Pointe du Hoc cliffs during the Normandy invasion and who managed to silence German big guns that threatened the success of the D-Day landings, died Feb. 17 at his home in Midlothian, Va. He was 93.

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

  • MILITARY VEHICLES
Mar 20, 2012 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.

Wakefield firm restores WWWII Sherman tank

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Mar 20, 2012 Keith

  A tank which fought in one of the biggest battles of the Second World War has been restored in Wakefield. City engineering firm TEi…

The Tank Museum has a number of vehicles for disposal.

  • WORLDWIDE
Mar 20, 2012 Keith

  The Tank Museum has a number of vehicles for disposal. Please click on the PDF link below for further details..

Battle of Britain monument to be built in Doncaster

  • WORLDWIDE
Mar 20, 2012 Keith

  Snow – The Double Life Of A World War II Spy tells how the journey of Arthur Owens (pictured) into the world of spying…

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