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Operation Market Garden Veteran Sandy Cortmann Dead at 97

Ian Harvey

At the 75th anniversary commemorations of Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in the Netherlands in 2019, Sandy Cortmann relived the adventure in a tandem parachute…

Last of the Desert Rats Passes Away at 107 Years of Age

Ian Harvey

Jimmy Sinclair passed away at the age of 107. Before his death, he had the distinctions of being both the oldest living person in Scotland…

DDay Livestream Direct From Normandy, Historians & Experts From Around the World

With most visitors unable to travel to Normandy for the 76th Anniversary of DDay due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, a filmmaker and battlefield tour guide…

Buried Spitfires of Burma, a ZOOM Interview With the Authors

Buried Spitfires of Burma: In April 2012, the Telegraph and the Guardian both report that British Prime Minister David  Cameron negotiated an agreement with Myanmar…

Return to Hardwick Documentary: ZOOM Interview With the Producer & Narrator

A History of the Mighty Eighth on film – By Paul Woodadge Within the War Film genre there are certain types of story that film-makers…

Beaufighter Discovered by Couple Walking on the Beach

Graham Holden and his partner were walking their dog on a Cleethorpes beach when they discovered wreckage that left him “amazed.” Experts believe that what…

New Video: The Piggyback Flight, a Story of Heroism, Courage & Strength

Piggyback Flight: On New Year’s Eve 1944, German onlookers saw what appeared to be a secret weapon flying over their heads. Seemingly an aircraft of…

Alligator Believed to Belong to Adolf Dies in Moscow Aged 84

Ian Harvey

It is a long way from Mississippi in the USA to Moscow in Russia, but that is the unlikely journey made by an alligator, hatched…

Red Cross Founder’s Story Shows How Crisis Can Bring Out Our Humanity

Have you heard of Henri Dunant? If not, it’s okay. The happy few who can identify Henri Dunant as the founder of the Red Cross…

Secret Documents Discovered That Could be The NKVD ‘Katyn’ Hit List

Ian Harvey

The Katyn Massacre was tragic war crime committed by the Soviet Union during World War II. Historians believe that they are closer to understanding the…

The Race to Bastogne

It sounded at first like a thunderstorm, distant, rumbling. Then the ground began to shake as grinding columns of tanks and tracked transports finally emerged…

Fantastic News: DDay Hero Kicks Covid-19 Into Touch

Ian Harvey

Massachusetts resident Arthur ‘Mac’ McIntosh is looking forward to celebrating his 101st birthday with his family following his recovery from the respiratory disease Covid-19. The…