The captured OSS agent who convinced an entire German Army to surrender!
Frederick Mayer was born in Baden Germany, in a Jewish family. He worked in Germany for a while after finishing High School education, working as…
Invasion of Normandy – a D-Day veteran receives an award from the French government
Last year, the French government contacted the British Ministry of Defence to inform them that they wanted to recognize the brave surviving WWII veterans for…
DEATH OF THE LEAPING HORSEMEN – Review by Chris Buckham
The surrender of the German 6th Army following the battle of Stalingrad marked not only the end of the myth of German invincibility but also…
The Great Retreat of World War One remembered
During World War One, the retreat from Mons, also known as the Great Retreat, was the Allies’ retreat to the River Marne, at the end…
Calls for Polish World War Two hero General, Stanislaw Maczek to be honoured
Scottish Members of Parliament are calling for a memorial to be built in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh in honour of Polish World War Two…
British Army Warrior Crashes into Wall in Germany
A British Army Warrior has crashed into the garden wall of a residential property in Paderborn, North West Germany. The armoured vehicle is from nearby Paderborn Barracks,…
World War One French officer’s bedroom intact after 100 years
A soldier’ who fought and died in World War One is being remembered 100 years after the war. The French officer’s bedroom at his home…
UNDERSTANDING THE SOMME 1916 – Review Dr Wayne Osborne
Battlefield guide books!? We didn’t use guide books on the Somme in ma day lad, we just got on with it and found out for…
Japanese-American World War Two veterans receive Legion of Honor
Japanese-American veterans who took part in the liberation of France during World War Two are to receive the Legion of Honor from the French government.…
Aviation club owner builds replica of the Red Baron’s Fokker
Paul Ford, co-owner of the Derby Aero Club in Egginton, South Derbyshire, has spent many hours and £180,000 to create a replica of the the…
A WOOD CALLED BOURLON – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is another re-published work. William Moore’s book about Bourlon Wood first hit the shelves in 1988 and it seeks to discuss the so-called ‘cover-up’…
LOYAL SONS – Review by Israel Schwierz
One year after the appearance of his first book; “Loyalty Betrayed. Jewish Chaplains in the German Army in the First World War” the physician and…