Exercise Tiger Newsletter
Welcome to our first newsletter, one of several that will be released from time to time concerning next year’s Exercise Tiger 70th anniversary memorial event.
HITLER WAS MY FRIEND.
You may well have seen the recent coverage of this book in the press and elsewhere. The emphasis was on a bit of mild ridicule of the Fuhrer by showing him wearing shorts or silly hats and practicing the odd rant.
Inside the real Birdsong tunnels: Never-before-seen images of the mines dug by British ‘clay-kickers’ under German lines in WW1
Flanders fields today bears little sign of the four years of war that claimed so many thousands of lives and ravaged this small corner of the Western Front.
WWI letter found in Hastings reveals Kent man’s heroism
It was 1915 when the World War I vessel HMS Hythe sank in Turkey while on operations.
And a letter recently uncovered by a historian, who stumbled across it in a militaria shop in Hastings, Sussex, details the bravery of the ship’s captain. The document describes how Capt Reggie Salomons, from Kent, died while trying to save his men.
IMAGES OF WAR HITLER’S HEADQUARTERS 1939-1945
With news that the Poles are opening up one of Hitler’s headquarters for tourism, this timely new book offers a fascinating dip into the…
Final Days of the Reich
This is new offering in the Images of War series includes some truly excellent photographs, In my many years photographing living history groups, the question…
One-ton WWII-era bomb unearthed in France
Up to 1,000 people have been evacuated from the city of Marseille in France after a one-ton World War II German bomb was found buried nearby.
Army Ranger who led D-Day attack on German gun positions
George Kerchner, a junior officer who led his Army Ranger company up the Pointe du Hoc cliffs during the Normandy invasion and who managed to silence German big guns that threatened the success of the D-Day landings, died Feb. 17 at his home in Midlothian, Va. He was 93.
Wakefield firm restores WWWII Sherman tank
A tank which fought in one of the biggest battles of the Second World War has been restored in Wakefield. City engineering firm TEi…
The Tank Museum has a number of vehicles for disposal.
The Tank Museum has a number of vehicles for disposal. Please click on the PDF link below for further details..
Battle of Britain monument to be built in Doncaster
Snow – The Double Life Of A World War II Spy tells how the journey of Arthur Owens (pictured) into the world of spying…