1D’s Harry Styles to Star in Nolan’s WWII Film “Dunkirk”
British boy band 1D’s Harry Styles is set to star in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming WWII Film Dunkirk, reports say. His taking his career path from music…
Churchill envisioned attacking the USSR at the end of World War Two
As World War Two was in its final months Stalin was ever more sceptical about Allied forces in Europe. In May 1945 he even ordered…
The Churchill we didn’t know – a scientist at heart
Few of us would automatically connect British war time Prime Minister, Winston Churchill with his contribution to science. But a new exhibition at London’s Science…
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union and Churchill Pledges Support
June 22th marks the anniversary of the British pledge to aid the Russians in stopping a German assault on Russian soil. It is also the…
Desperate Letter Lord Kitchener sent Churchill during the Great War Surfaces
The 100-year-old desperate letter Lord Kitchener sent to Churchill during the outbreak of the Great War recently surfaced and showed how vulnerable Britain was that…
Our Land at War – Review by Phil Hodges
I turned forty last month, hardly the time for a walking stick and a pipe but I do have a favourite chair and cushion in…
Soviet Russia and the Normandy Landings
Many have said in the past that were it not for Soviet Russia, the Allies might not have won the Second World War. Yet historians…
“Mad Jack” Churchill Who Attacked the Germans with a Broadsword and a Longbow!
Lieutenant Colonel “Mad Jack” Churchill was a British war hero known for his use of a sword in battle, with which he claimed the defeat…
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…
Who’s Bigger? Hitler outranks Churchill on Google’s most influential figures
Nelson Mandela, who recently passed away, is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of mankind. Evidently, people…
Hundreds attended funeral of a British WWII veteran who died alone
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Harold Jellicoe Percival, the WWII veteran who died alone (2) Mohne Dam breached during Operation Chastise and pictured…
End of Beginning at the Battle of the Marne AKA Miracle of the Marne
Photo story (Clockwise from top): (1) In 1914, French troops positioned in a ditch during WWI (2) One of the Taxi cabs of Marne (3) 600…