Veteran overcomes early obstacles through service in Army and Air Force
Growing up with dyslexia, James Thompson faced many challenges in his early learning experiences, which tempered his ambitions toward pursuing an education in future years.…
Spielberg called it “hugely ambitious,” ‘1917’ Movie Trailer is Finally Out
Titled “1917”, it’s the first production of Sam Mendes since Skyfall and Spectre. The movie will be set in times of the Great War and…
Hubert Rothove Served as Halftrack Driver in Europe During WWII
A 20-year-old Hubert Rothove left his father’s farm near the Osage County community of Folk to travel to the county seat of Westphalia on June…
Verdun 1916 – Two Great Books Revealing Much About One of the Greatest Battles in History
I regret I have never ventured far into reading about the Eastern Front of World War One, in part because it seems so distant, but…
Saved at the tip! Century-old postcard from D H Lawrence
A postcard penned by celebrated English writer and poet D H Lawrence to a young woman in Nottinghamshire more than 100 years ago almost ended…
Appeasing Hitler – Book Review by Mark Barnes
Leadership is on the minds of many people in my country as we await the result of a ballot to decide who will be the…
Two German Army Groups Cut Apart – Latvia 1944
Latvia 1944: A closer look at the Red Army Operation Bagration and German Army Operation Doppelkopf The car was rumbling over the bumpy dusts roads,…
Al Majar Al Kabir – Taking Back the Town, It Wasn’t Pretty
Al Majar Al Kabir: By the time I arrived in Kuwait at the end of May 2003, the war in Iraq was declared over and…
An Account of the Attack on Camp Bastion 14th September 2012
Camp Bastion: In September 2012, I was serving with the British Army as a Combat Medic, my parent unit was 4 Armoured Medical Regiment, but…
Battle of The Tennis Court: They Dragged a Tank up a Sheer Face of a Hill
A new display at the Dorset Regiment Military Museum in the UK is dedicated to a battle that turned the tide for the British and…
Sorry to Inform You, But Not All C-47s Can Fly to Normandy
The Dakota Hunter tell us why…. We tried hard but the budget is too tight for the work still to be done, ha. Over the…
D-Day 75: Jumping Into Normandy, One Man’s Journey
D-Day 75 is without doubt going to be the biggest anniversary of the invasion to date and the world is pulling out all stops to…