SHERMAN TANK – Book Review
I’ve mentioned before that I keep tabs on a few social media pages dedicated to tanks. One of them is all for the M4 Sherman…
An Interesting Angle: The Nightmarish Reality of the “Miracle” of Dunkirk
Operation Dynamo or the “Miracle of Dunkirk” lasted almost ten days (May 26 to June 4, 1940) but had incredible results. The Allies tried to…
The Desert Fox’s 1st Encounter with U.S. Forces
Americans had many famous generals in World War II, with Patton being perhaps the most well known. But Germany had generals whose names struck fear…
13 Allied Countries That Took Part in D-Day
The D-Day landings and the subsequent campaign to capture Normandy might have been master-minded by British and American commanders, but they included soldiers from far…
8 Men Who Led Britain’s Crazy & Amazing Covert Operations of WW2
During the Second World War, the British broke from their famous gentlemanly conduct. Sabotage, prison break, assassination – no dirty trick was beyond the remit…
Tennis Court Battle: The Gore, Constant Fighting & Casualties Were Almost Unprecedented
Battles sometimes become readily identifiable by a name or phrase: Normandy, for instance, or the Battle of Britain. They instantly conjure images of where and…
Underrated: The Universal Carrier & its service in the German Army
The Universal Carrier, first produced in the 1930s, adopted a specific nickname during the first years of WWII: the Bren Carrier. This was due to…
Operation Safari & How The Danish Scuttled Their Own Navy
It is well known among those who study World War II that Vichy France scuttled its own navy in Toulon on November 27, 1942 as…
MI5 “Agent Jack” Thwarted Plot to Kill Eisenhower & Montgomery
Two female Nazi sympathizers created a plan to kill Allied generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery. Marita Perigoe and Eileen Gleave had discovered where…
Myths of WW2: Isn’t The Reality Harsh Enough?
World War II has been captured on film by Hollywood, written about in both fictional and factual books, and caught in newsreel footage at the…
Now in his 90s Former SS Guard to Stand Trial for War Crimes
In November 2018, a 94-year-old German man will stand trial to answer for crimes that he committed during WWII. The alleged crimes took place in…
“Like hell!” the MPs Replied: GIs Mistakenly Arrested One of Their Generals
December 20, 1944 was a miserable day for American soldiers in the Ardennes. The weather was bitterly cold, with ice and snow biting at men…