First World War mystery of Kipling’s son solved.
The rural English village of Burwash in the county of Sussex is well-known because of its association with Rudyard Kipling. The famous author of ‘The…
Waking Up To Find A German U-Boat on the Beach
On April 16, 1919, the residents at Queens Hotel, a beach-front hotel in Hastings, on the Sussex coast in England, awoke to the most amazing…
Royal Navy officer who seized Enigma machine from a raided German U-Boat has died aged 95
A Royal Navy veteran and hero has died aged 95. Lieutenant Commander David Balme led the team who stole the Nazis’ infamous Enigma machine after…
Royal Navy Destroys Huge World War Two Mine In Solent
During World War II, the U-boat fleet, which dominated much of the battle of the Atlantic, was small at the beginning of the war and…
The Images of German U-Boats are Revealing and Strange
The images are eerie and ghostly to put them mildly, depicting the cramped and hostile conditions of the First World War’s most deadly ‘killing machine’.…
BBC Reporter Killed While Reporting A Bombing Raid Over Berlin Remembered
The daughter of a BBC reporter who was killed in action during World War Two is now looking back and remembering her father. Michele Byam’s…
Victory Over Japan Day Commemorated In The UK
[Via] Alongside Victory in Europe Day which is commemorated every year in May, Victory in Japan Day is also widely commemorated to remember the end…
JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS 1897-1945 – Review by Mark Barnes
Any regular readers of the reviews page would know by now that I quite a like old warship photographs so when I got notice of…
World War One HMS M.33 to be opened to the public
A British Royal Navy ship used during the World War One Gallipoli campaign is to be opened to the public. HMS M.33 was the only…
Last Cold War Vulcan Bomber retires
[Via] The UK’s last Cold War Vulcan bomber is to be grounded after this summer. During the Cold War from the 1950s to the 1970s…
Legion of Honour awarded to 90 year old World War Two veteran
A British Army veteran who took part in the D-Day landings of World War Two has been awarded France’s highest military honour, the Legion of…
World War One Battle of Jutland wrecks re-discovered
[Via] The Battle of Jutland during World War One has been brought back to life as the latest technology in under water investigation identifies the wrecks.…