WWII Douglas C-47 Rescued by CAF
A plane that played a crucial role in WWII by leading the D-Day invasion has been discovered in a scrapyard in United States. The fate…
Dc-3, Icon of Victory. Part 2, D-Day+6, Top Brass flies into Normandy’s Advanced Landing Ground
On D-Day+6, 12 June 1944, the Allied forces have settled on the Normandy Beach heads, with artificial Sea Ports and Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG’s). See…
DC-3, Icon of Victory, by Hans Wiesman
Just 3 days after the 6th of June 1944, USAAF Engineers achieved the unthinkable. Right next to Omaha Beach on the Normandy coast at Saint…
RACE TO THE RHINE – Review by Mark Barnes
We last saw these authors with their extremely likable guide to D-Day and the beginnings of the Normandy campaign. I obviously wasn’t paying sufficient attention…
Normandy honours D-Day veterans
[Via] The northern district of Normandy in France is preparing to honour and commemorate the veterans and soldiers who gave their lives during World War…
US Senator Howard Cannon remembered for D-Day role as Co-Pilot of a C-47
US Senator Howard Cannon who died recently has found to have played a crucial role as a paratrooper in the D-Day invasion of France during World…
A Rangers Tale of Landing on Bloody Omaha
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia On the morning of June 6th, 1944 the military collapse of the Germans in western Europe began, marking a milestone in Europe’s history.…
BRITISH TANKS IN NORMANDY – Review by Mark Barnes
A belated review of a book that has been published several times hardly makes this segment of our merry saga cutting edge stuff but this…
Meet the Band of Brothers Actors in Normandy in June.
Meet the Band of Brothers Actors in Normandy in June. When & Where: June 5, 6 & 7, 2015 at Overlord Omaha Beach Museum, the…
John Leishman – a Normandy veteran dies at the age of 95
First Minister Peter Robinson Paid his respects to John Leishman, a Normandy veteran who died at the age of 95. He added that John was…
Nicholas Wide, WWII hero who kept shelling the enemy from his Sherman after it being hit twice by an 88mm which killed the driver
Photo story (Clockwise from left): (1) Photograph of WWII hero Nicholas Wide (2) Added welded plates to the hull and turret of the modified M4…
Don’t miss out!!! With up to 20 actors attending the Brothers Actors Autograph Signings in Normandy
Are you in Normandy for D-Day week this year? If so, come along to one of the signing sessions by the actors. All to support…