Don’t miss out!!! With up to 20 actors attending the Brothers Actors Autograph Signings in Normandy
Foxhole Norman will not being going for help this time – he will be signing your poster, T shirt, book or anything else you would…
Imber – ‘Ghost village’ of WWII
The former Seagrams Farm A small village in Wiltshire called Imber is famously known as the ‘Ghost village’ of the Second World War. During World…
D-Day veterans return to Normandy
D-Day heroes are returning to the beaches of Normandy 71 years after thousands of Allied troops descended on the French coast. One veteran, Gordon Hirons…
D-Day veteran’s special gift to a 22- year-old history buff
It is often claimed that ‘once a soldier, always a soldier’. Those who offer themselves to die for a higher cause never lose that sense…
D-Day landing craft designer to be commemorated in Normandy
A petition has been launched for a permanent memorial for a World War Two boat designer to be built on Utah Beach in Normandy, France…
Battle of Okinawa remembered 70 years on
Seventy years ago this Easter, US troops began the biggest land assault of the Pacific during World War Two on the island of Okinawa. With…
Guest Blogger Alex Kershaw: GOODBYE BOB
I didn’t try to choke back a sob when I learnt that Bob Sales had passed away on 23 February, aged 89. I’ve spent a…
Jim Martin, a veteran 101st Airborne paratrooper tells his story, personally on Facebook
To celebrate the D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, 93 year-old veteran paratrooper Jim Martin once again did a parachute jump over Normandy. Mr. Martin served…
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…
Phyllis Latour Doyle: Lady who dislike limelight
93 years old Phyllis Latour Doyle, also known as Pippa among her friends had an opportunity to receive the award, Legion of Honour which is…
Home Guard Was More Than Dad’s Army
An air raid took place at the Vickers Aircraft Factory at Weybridge, Surrey and a section leader of the Home Guard rushed in to find…
10 Shocking Ways the Second World War Could Have Ended Differently
Decisions during wartime are monumental things. Each move and countermove has the potential to change the course of history. Here are ten shocking ways the…