Frontline World War II photo album found
While serving in WWII, Frank Tomlinson, a Royal Artillery soldier with the 74th Field Regiment, took over 1000 photos chronicling his life on the front…
WIND IN THE WIRES – Review by Mark Barnes
The gathering pace of events surrounding the centenary of the Great War have coincided with some difficult times in my world and, as a consequence,…
Dorothy Lincoln ‘Wrens’: The Cryptologist
89 years old Edmonton lady, Dorothy Lincoln, earlier known as Dorothy Winifred Shiers is among the hundreds of young women who joined the Second World…
Cold War photograph collection
Martin Roemers is a Dutch photographer who grew up with the Cold War, which lasted from the late 1940’s into the early 1990’s. He heard…
OPERATION STORM – Review by Mark Barnes
We’re getting near the time of year when I have been asked to produce a ‘books of the year’ feature. This one is just in…
Top secret naval communications base sold
Criggion Station was a top-secret naval communications base that was built in 1943 in Wales and used during both WWII and the Cold War. During…
Six Months – Three Canadian Brothers – all killed in WWII
The Second World War took the lives of many young men who served in the military. But for the Wagner family, the loss was simply…
O.S.S: The Founder of Navy Seals
The recently published book “First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America’s Most Elite Unit” written by Patrick K. O’Donnell uncovered the strategies…
War trench replicated at Heslington school
Lord Deramore’s School, a primary school located in Heslington, York, has created a replica of a war trench and bunker as part of its Armistice…
FLAKHELFER TO GRENADIER – Review by Phil Hodges
When we think of child soldiers most of us automatically think of conflicts in Africa. Harrowing news footage of kids armed with AK47 rifles and…
Germany: WWI Time Capsule Found Inside the Schloss Broich Wall
A WWI time capsule was discovered inside the wall of the historic German castle Schloss Broich, in the city of Mülheim, recently remarkably a hundred…
Famous ‘Bicorne’ Hat of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Auctioned Off for a Massive $2.2M
It has been two hundred years since the death of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte but his belongings are still ‘hot stuff’ as one of his…