Participants in the “Great Escape” Speak on the 70th Anniversary: “It was worth it”
With the 70thanniversary of the event known as the Great Escape this month comes much discussion of the matter, especially from two of the prisoners…
HIGH FLIGHT – The Life and Poetry of Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee – Review by Mark Barnes
My interest in all things military began with aviation. I loved aeroplanes when I was a lad. I progressed to building model kits – the…
Yevgeny Khaldei’s Wartime Photographs
The Soviet Photographer, Yevgeny Khaldei, worked for the Tass news agency between 1935 and 1948, and then worked for the Pravada from 1959 to 1976.…
Misdirection in WWI The Timber Tommies
During the First World War, there was one troop of British forces that particularly stood out from the others. These troops were not known for…
New Zealand Sailor Turned Star, Vince “Cyclone” McGlone, Passes Away at 97
An old sailor who became a star on television for reciting ‘God Defend New Zealand’ in one of the navy’s more successful recruiting commercials has…
Australia At War: How Should We, As A Nation, Remember The Fallen And Living?
Tony Abbott, Australian prime minister, traveled to Darwin last week, where he took part in a ceremony organized for the return of soldiers who fought…
Jewess, Marie Jalowicz, Did What She had to do to Survive
A frightened young girl chose the lonesome allotment garden behind a Berlin tenement block to abort her child. The child was an impossibility if Marie…
Iconic Kissing Sailor Passes Away at 86 Years Old
You probably have seen the photograph and wondered the name of the kissing sailor in Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Life magazine shot. Glenn McDuffie, the iconic sailor…
Bolingbroke to Be Reconstructed in Bristol
The Canadian plane, Bolingbroke, was used to search for U Boats and Japanese submarines. It was brought back from the United States by Bristol Aero…
World War One: German Ships Took War To England’s Doorstep
On the morning of December 16, 1914, 6 steel-clad German Navy warships saw the north-east coast of England and the fire started shortly after 08:00.…
The Loneliness Of Russia And The Revenge Of Hitler
While the Second World War ended after six years of continuous massacre across the globe, Al Qaeda managed to destroy Syria, Libya and most recently…
FOKKER FODDER – The Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c – Review by Mark Barnes
Last week it was Spitfires and this time out we have the humble BE2c. You couldn’t get two more different aeroplanes if you tried and…