Sinking of the SS Athenia
To many, the sinking of the SS Athenia was the event that formally ushered the British into the Second World War. As with many wars,…
WW1 ATLAS – Review by Mark Barnes
This large-scale book has the essence of the look of one produced under the banner of The Times newspaper, but don’t be fooled into thinking…
Who the heck was Kilroy? A tale of ships and wartime
A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…
Compelled into service
This is an article on a veteran that received valuable medical training in the Navy, which led to her becoming a nurse in the civilian…
Espionage – The Birth of the National Intelligence Agency
In Washington a landlubber Rear Admiral heads a new Government bureau which thinks it could have done a lot to prevent Pearl Harbor. Anyway, one…
The Battle of Raseiniai, 1941, where a single KV tank stopped an entire German Kampfgruppe
On June 22, 1941, Germany and the Axis powers commenced Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union along a 2,900 km front with a…
WW1 Fighter Aces – Review by Mark Barnes
In a corner of a foreign field just north of Ypres rests a young man named Edwin Benbow. He is no relation to me and…
WWI Soldier Honored After 100 Years
Since the centenary began, it has become increasingly common that the story of a WWI soldier who fought bravely yet received little acclaim will occasionally…
WWII Reporter Spots Invading German Tanks in 1939
Clare Hollingworth was in her mid-twenties when she became a WWII reporter. Her first assignment took her to the border between Germany and Poland, where…
WWII Anniversary: The War’s Outbreak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH0A1H_3HB8 Commemorative ceremonies took place across Europe in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the Second World War’s outbreak. See how the official “war’s outbreak”…
Missing NY Soldier Since WWII Named
The NY soldier reported missing in action since the Second World War has been identified and named as Army Pfc Bernard Gavrin. According to an…
The ‘Sweepers’ of Unexploded WWI Ordnance
The two-men team of Guy Momper and Raoul Weber are just part of the handful men who are tasked to be the ‘sweepers’ of unexploded…