GHOSTS OF THE ETO – Review by Mark Barnes
A good while ago I reviewed Rick Stroud’s wonderful The Phantom Army of Alamein. Still one of my favourite military history books it is crammed…
Propaganda by Hollywood’s Greats in War documentaries
During the Second World War some of Hollywood’s greatest movie producers and directors produced propaganda movies and presented to the public as authentic documentaries. The…
A New War Film, “Ardennes Fury”
A new film, a recent release with the wartime scenario of the Battle of the Bulge serving as the backdrop for a group of soldiers…
Frontline World War II photo album found
While serving in WWII, Frank Tomlinson, a Royal Artillery soldier with the 74th Field Regiment, took over 1000 photos chronicling his life on the front…
Dorothy Lincoln ‘Wrens’: The Cryptologist
89 years old Edmonton lady, Dorothy Lincoln, earlier known as Dorothy Winifred Shiers is among the hundreds of young women who joined the Second World…
WWI Soldiers bedroom maintained for 100 years
After Hubert Rochereau lost his life fighting for his country during WWI, his devastated parents kept his bedroom exactly the same as the last time…
The Ultimate Reunion of a Father and His Son
It was the year of 1975 when from Florence, Italy Rudiger started his journey for Egypt. The purpose with which Rudger Heim came to Egypt…
The rise of virulent aboriginal Canadian snipers in World War I
Today no country can think of declaring war without having its snipers. They are now an inevitable part of any war. Most of the top…
Befriending the Germans after the War
After World War II, Anthony Brook, along with his parents and siblings, spent five years of his childhood living in a house in Hamburg with…
Famous Italian Cyclist, Gino Bartali, is a Secret Hero
Gino Bartali was a famous Italian cyclist who won several titles in the 1930’s, including three Giro d’Italia events, a key cycling competition in Europe,…
Royal Welch Fusiliers Memorial
At the beginning of the Battle of Ypres, the 1.100 men strong Royal Welch Fusiliers marched 120 miles to join the effort to push the…
The Many Assassination Attempts on Adolf Hitler
While Adolf Hitler garnered much approval in his early days of leadership, many Germans soon began to see the folly of keeping such a man…