Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 5: Rebuild of the Blocks
Starting this had made me realise how many gaps there are in my photo record. All the pictures are on film and it would be…
CHURCHILL’S SECRET INVASION – Britain’s First Large-Scale Combined Operations Offensive 1942 – Review by Mark Barnes
This book is one of a number that has a title prefixed with the name of Winston Churchill. To my mind they offer an implication…
The Massive Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944
Mount Vesuvius is among the most famous natural spectacles in the world. It is also one of the most feared. Having erupted seventy years ago,…
“Nazi War Diggers” Creates Outrage by Unearthing Dead
National Geographic has been at the forefront of education for as long as its magazine began publication in 1888. They began broadcasting their own TV…
Remembering British Soldier Hugh Lunghi, Last Surviving Participant of WWII’s “Big Three” Meetings (1920-2014)
British soldier Hugh Lunghi who acted as British PM Winston Churchill’s interpreter during his dealing with Josef Stalin and was thought to be the very…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 4: The Engines Continued
Now all the individual engines can be removed. This is best achieved by rotating the assembly to allow a vertical lift for each block. No…
BELFAST DIARIES – A Gunner in Northern Ireland 1971-74. Review by Mark Barnes
It was only a few books back I was describing the life of a man who was present in a series of pretty much forgotten counter…
Halifax Celebrates Anniversary of Tragic Bomber Crash
There were nine deaths in the tragic crash of a bomber from Halifax that occurred seven decades ago. When the engine of bomber JP137 went…
Mother Shares Military Grave with Her Son
Harriette Raphael first put in her request in 1929. The mother of Lieutenant John Raphael, a soldier who died in 1917 during the First World…
D-Day commemoration highlights include return of WWII C-47 Dakota to Normandy
The flying of a World War II military transport plane used by the United States during the invasion in Normandy will be one of the…
US Navy Hero Who Captured German Submarine U-505 Dies
Wayne Pickels was the name of a sailor who helped to capture a U-boat in 1944. Aboard the German submarine, U-505, Pickels and the crew…
Obama visits Flanders Field to honor American soldiers who died in the Great War
Wesley J. Creech, a private, is among the soldiers buried at the Flanders Field Cemetery. The names of the servicemen who died during the First…