Army Major Conned Nations into Sending Him Tanks & Weapons
A British army major is accused of convincing Germany, Belgium and Sweden to send dozens of tanks and weapons which he then sold himself for…
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…
Historic D-Day Railway Station Visited by Churchill, de Gaulle & Eden up for Sale
In the leafy lanes of Hampshire’s Meon Valley lie the villages of Soberton and Droxford. Along Station Road there used to be a railway station…
B-52 Sends Distress Signal Over Britain
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber sent an emergency radio message while flying over Gloucestershire in the UK on September 25, 2020. The bomber…
RNLI Rescues a Catalina Flying-Boat in Loch Ness
The crews attached to the RNLI Station at Loch Ness are no strangers to call-outs for strange objects, but none were as odd as the…
‘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…
Hanks and Spielberg ‘Masters of the Air’ to Start Filming
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who teamed up to bring the much-acclaimed Band of Brothers to life in 2001, are teaming up again to bring…
Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix Team Up for New Napoleon Epic Movie
Was there ever a General more suited to the epic Hollywood treatment than Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican master strategist who won the crown of France…
Facebook and the UK Culture Recovery Fund help keep the doors at Bletchley Park open
During World War II, Alan Turing and his code-breaking team at Bletchley Park cracked the Nazi’s Enigma machine and enabled the Allies to read encoded…
“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…
Proposed “D-Day Land” Attraction in Normandy Opposed by Veterans But Loved by Others
Are French businessmen planning to “Disneyfy” the D-Day landings? That’s the charge being levelled at a group of creatives wanting to open a multi-million dollar…