The Tank Museum – Vehicle Conservation Centre Opening
Years of planning and hard work was celebrated yesterday as The Tank Museum’s new, Heritage Lottery funded, conservation centre was officially opened. Historian and Museum…
Operation Market Garden – September 19th, 1944 – Daily Situation Report
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Eindhoven The ground forces have repaired…
Remembering the Forgotten Battalion
When marines belonging to the H&S, G, H and I batteries, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment left San Diego for combat war in the South Pacific…
New Shaftesbury World War II Monument Deemed ‘Illegal’
Shaftesbury Town Council is put under fire by the English Heritage for erecting a 6-foot war memorial just fifteen feet away from the ruins of…
Warsaw Supports Statue in Honor of Resistance Hero Witold Pilecki
Councillors of Poland’s capital city showed support in favor of a statue to honor resistance hero Witold Pilecki who is best known for imprisoning himself…
WWII Vet Set to Return Japanese Shin Gunto He Took as ‘Souvenir’
Traditional Japanese beliefs state that one’s own personal sword holds the owner’s soul. Swords and sword making still holds a prominent place in Japanese culture…
Operation Market Garden – Daily SitRep – September 18th, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Eindhoven Eindhoven is liberated by the 506…
In Honour of WWII Polish Airmen
A huge crowd of civic dignitaries, scouts, air cadets, RAF Northolt personnel and veterans came together last September 7 for a ceremony in honor of…
The Tank Musem presents: The Indian Mediums
The Bovington Tank museum reports: There are some tanks that fail to conform to what we expect, some tanks that are very different or don’t…
Cambridge Military Hospital: Nostalgic Look at Its Historic Past,the hospital remained in use right up until the first Gulf War
In the small city of Aldershot, Hampshire sits a sprawling abandoned structure with a lone clock tower looking forlornly above the city’s horizon. The building…
Operation Market Garden – Situation Report: September 17th, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Eindhoven At Veghel the 501st PIR was dropped on two drop zones to…
WHO-Tube WWII Battle of Arnhem: “Theirs is the Glory” (1946) (Fulll movie)
“Re-enactment of World War 2 Battle of Arnhem. Later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far.” Part of Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Arnhem…