Tony Iveson: The Bomber Offensive & The Tirpitz Raid
Anyone interested in the RAF and especially the work of Bomber Command will be fascinated to watch Tony Iveson speak from his own personal experiences, on the subject of the…
1407 Lend Lease
By mid 1940 of the European powers only Britain and her Empire stood alone against Germany, the situation looked dire. Though the miracle of Dunkirk had managed to save thousands of British troops…
1406 Khalkhin Gol
When Neville Chamberlain delivered his speech on September 3rd 1939 to declare that Britain was at War with Germany, western focus was fixed on that and the hearts and minds of Britain’s population…
Patton (again)
I’ve been reading The Fighting Pattons by Brian Sobel, its a look at both George S Patton (the WW2 General) and his son George S Patton IV who attained the rank of Major…
1405 The Cannonade of Valmy
Of the Battle of Valmy, military historian J.F.C Fuller, wrote, “The Cannonade of Valmy was more than a military event; it drew a line between the form war had taken since 1648 and…
Mystery of the WW1 Propeller
When I was growing up in our garage we had what we were told was a propeller from a WW1 plane, the story in the family of where it came from has always…
Mystery Tank Traps
Reading the BBC website recently I was intrigued to see this article looking at Second World War structures, there are some wonderful pictures. The remains of a network of pillboxes and gun emplacements…
Cavalry in the Ancient World
True cavalry with men mounted on horse back started to appear from the 9th century BC, as chariots were slowly replaced. Imposing they were used in shock charges, their rapid movement made them…
1404 Mata Hari
Mata Hari is one of the ‘best known’ spies of World War One. While she may not have been a ‘saint’ by any stretch of the imagination – it is said that she…
1403 Scorched Earth
The military performance of an army is not just dependant on numbers:- the men need to be fed, equipped, quartered, transported (the list goes on). If you can deprive your opponent of these…
