Four Excellent Manuals from Haynes – Review by Mark Barnes
I once collected a multi-volume aviation history part work we do not see the like of today thanks to the glories of the worldwide web…
Netflix’s The Liberator to be Released on Veterans Day
Texas-born Felix Sparks began WWII as an executive officer with 157th Infantry Regiment. He participated in four amphibious operations, first leading men into combat in…
Dangerous Drops and Secret Radars: The Story of Operation Biting
Parachutes and radar are long-established elements of war. But they both came into their own with Operation Biting. This British raid from the skies took…
A for Apple: The Lancaster that Defied the Odds in Explosive Fashion
A bombing mission is dangerous… but a night time bombing mission is extra dangerous! And that’s the situation the crew of Lancaster Bomber “A for…
New Documentary Reveals Story of Last German Soldiers to Surrender
Deep inside the Arctic circle, some six-hundred miles North of the Norwegian coast, lies the Svalbard archipelago, including the islands Spitzbergen and Nordaustlandet (North East…
Incredible Heroic Story of Grit & Determination of the 82nd AB
The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was alerted at 2200 hours on 17 December 1944 following the return of Colonel Reuben Tucker., Regiment’s Commander, from the…
Bruce Crompton Asks you to “Put your Headphones on for History”
A new podcast, Amazing War Stories with Bruce Crompton, aims to save museums by telling incredible, real accounts of heroism inspired by artefacts and exhibits…
Germany Pledges Over €550 Million to Holocaust Survivors
An organization that negotiates for compensation from the German Government has announced that the Government will provide €564 million ($662 million) to aid Holocaust survivors…
‘Dorset’s Schindler’ Mr Chadwick Rescued 669 Children from Czechoslovakia
Meet a British war hero who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis. The Trevor Chadwick Memorial Trust is crowdfunding a bronze statue of…
Does this German Ship hold a Famous Russian Treasure…?
Does this sunken German steamship shipwreck contain the lost treasures of Russia’s Amber Room? An intrepid diving team certainly think so. After locating the wreck…
“Big Lizzie” met 2 Russian Blackjacks Last Week off the Coast of Scotland
British warship HMS Queen Elizabeth – also known as “Big Lizzie” – docked at Portsmouth last week, following a close shave with Russian jets. Where…
Cameras, Combat and Courage – Review by Mark Barnes
It seems like a long time since I told you about the compelling Shooting Vietnam by Dan Brookes and the late Bob Hillerby. These two…