Scarborough WWI Bombardment Set to be Commemorated A Century On
Scarborough will commemorate the WWI bombardment of the coastal town in the hands of the Germans during the Great War — December of 1914, to be…
Lost bodies of five airmen to be recovered after 70 years
Five soldiers from Halifax HR980 who were killed in 1943 during a night raid have never had their bodies recovered. These WWII airmen were shot…
Hanbury Crater: Britain’s biggest WWII explosion site 70 years on
Seismologists in Switzerland at first thought it was an earthquake, hardly guessing the seismograph recorded the effects of a massive explosion in far distant England.…
Fantasy Imitation of John Cairncross in “The Imitation Game”
Gayle Brinkerhoff found “The Imitation Game” to be the fantasy portrayal of her late husband John Cairncross who was an Enigma code breaker at Bletchley…
GHOSTS OF THE ETO – Review by Mark Barnes
A good while ago I reviewed Rick Stroud’s wonderful The Phantom Army of Alamein. Still one of my favourite military history books it is crammed…
Not-Before-Seen Pictures of WWI Explosion in Halifax Revealed
Previously unseen pictures of the WWI explosion in Halifax, then the world’s biggest explosion, were recently revealed and released. The said photos were taken by a Somerset…
Tower of London: Last Commemorative Ceramic Poppy Removed
The last commemorative ceramic poppy of the inspiring project installed in the Tower of London’s moat was finally removed by the youngest and the oldest…
Propaganda by Hollywood’s Greats in War documentaries
During the Second World War some of Hollywood’s greatest movie producers and directors produced propaganda movies and presented to the public as authentic documentaries. The…
US warship under makeover
A US navy cruiser which was used during the Second World War is now found as a floating museum on the waterfront of lake Erie…
TV’s Dan Snow discovers his great-grandmother was a WWI volunteer orderly
After Dan Snow, historian and presenter from The One Show, discovered that his great-grandmother, Lady Olwen Carey Evans, worked as a volunteer aid helping wounded…
STILWELL AND THE CHINDITS – Review by Mark Barnes
Here we are again with another instalment of the Images of War series from Pen & Sword. This time round we find ourselves in the…
Poland: Eight Holocaust Victims Shoes Stolen
Poland – Eight Holocaust victims shoes were stolen recently from a former concentration camp now turned museum in Poland. According to reports, the theft took place between November 18…