Waverly Woodson & 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion – Keeping The Beachhead Safe From The Luftwaffe
When most think of D-Day, they imagine a mass of men storming the beaches of France in a hail of bullets. Though this image is accurate,…
The Pegasus Bridge Memorial Flight to commemorate the “Coup de Main”
The Pegasus Bridge Memorial Flight will commemorate the “Coup de Main” operation carried out by men of D & B. Companies, 2nd. Battalion Oxfordshire &…
New Korean War Movie “Operation Chromite” Has Successful Opening Weekend
Liam Neeson, the actor from Northern Ireland, is pleased to hear how well his new movie Operation Chromite did this weekend in South Korea. Neeson…
Malcolm Conway – Paul C. Bent B-24 Crew The Story of Their Tragic End
DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS GIRL? My uncle Malcolm (William Malcolm Conway), from Fort Deposit, Alabama, trained in about 1943-44 at either Gowen Field or Mountain…
Meet The Band of Brothers Actors In Bastogne, Belgium, In December 2016
Band of Brothers Actors to Visit Bastogne, Belgium in December of 2016 for the First Time to Recognize the Anniversary of the Battle of the…
Public funding campaign and conservation work starts on IWM Duxford’s rare Handley Page Victor
Find out how YOU can help our campaign to conserve the Victor Imperial War Museums has launched a Just Giving campaign to conserve the Handley…
56 Movie Mistakes: The Longest Day
The Longest Day, which was made in black and white, features a large ensemble cast including John Wayne, Kenneth More,Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton,…
History and Heritage at Shuttleworth Edwardian Pageant
Having has such a good time at the recent Military Pageant at Old Warden, we were pleased our friends at the Shuttleworth Collection got in…
Band of Brothers Behind the Scenes – 39 Fun images!
Band of Brothers is the 2001 HBO American war drama miniseries, it is based on the non-fiction book with the same name by historian Stephen…
Warfare through the ages at the Tank Museum
Visitors to The Tank Museum can expect to be taken back in time, at the Warfare Through the Ages historical re-enactment event, on Saturday 6…
Daleks set to invade the Tank Museum
The Daleks are back at The Tank Museum with a vengeance this year on 23 and 24 July, for the Attack of the Daleks weekend.…
Pegasus Bridge the Movie – the Brits own ‘Band of Brothers’? The director tells us more
Historically, some of the best war films ever made have been British. That kind of ended when Hollywood stepped up and dominated the film and…