WARGAMING BECOMES OFFICIAL SPONSOR FOR BAND OF BROTHERS ACTORS REUNION
The non-profit World War II Foundation has announced that Wargaming will be the official title sponsor for the Band of Brothers Actors Reunion. The series…
A SHIPYARD AT WAR – Review by Mark Barnes
I found it immensely hard not to have the odd shiver of dewy-eyed regret while leafing through the pages of this magnificent book. It represents…
Canada’s part in World War Two’s Italian campaign commemorated in docu-film
There are a few key events during World War Two that are commemorated in the mainstream, however there are hundreds of thousands of events, people…
Liverpool soldier helped catch Adolf Hitler’s number two Heinrich Himmler
The late John Fletcher was just 17 when he signed up for the British Army during World War II. He was a gunner with the…
Surprise German attack on D-Day training exercise remembered
In the spring of 1944, Exercise Tiger, a practice training mission for the eventual D-Day landings took place. Eight US Navy ships were headed towards Slapton…
Goodbye, WWII Spy and Explosive Experts Sonia d’Artois [1924- 2014]
Sonia d’Artois, a member of the Special Operations Executive [SOE] who parachuted into France before the D-Day to gather intelligence, help with the resistance and…
Top secret World War II documents show D-Day under different codename
A British Army officer who worked in Field Marshall Montgomery’s office has been found to have kept numerous top secret documents from World War II.…
WWII Documents: D-Day Code Names were Changed in Fear They were Cracked
Richard Wheeler let out WWII documents that are “history changing” as they reveal that the supposed D-Day code names had to be changed for the…
British Major part of D-Day deception plan has died
British Army Major General Desmond Mangham has died at the age of 90.The Major was part of a D-Day deception plan conceptualised by the Allies.…
D-Day landing boat designer to be commemorated on French coastline
Andrew Jackson Higgins was the brain behind the boats that took Allied troops across the English Channel to Normandy for the D-Day invasion of German-occupied…
Tour de France Heads to D-Day’s Utah Beach in 2016
D-Day’s Utah Beach will be one of the spots in route of the Tour de France this coming 2016. Mont-Saint-Michel, one of the most famous tourist…
ARTILLERY SCOUT – Review by Mark Barnes
I’ve read a fair number of Great War stories but this is the first one about the experiences of an American soldier to come into…