A friend of mine has just acquired a silver tankard presented to Major R J N Norris in India 1944 on his 50th birthday. It was presented by Lt Col...
In "The Military Papers of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, 1940-42" edited by Dr Timothy Bowman (Boydell Press for the Army Records Society,...
Mishal Husain: My grandfather’s war [Video in link] This week marks the 75th anniversary of World War Two formally coming to an end. A crucial...
Yesterday in a rare book shop I came across With the Allied Armies in Italy by Edward Seago. Didn't buy it (yet) partly because I wasn't aware of...
Dear all, Hope you're all keeping well. The attached photo - believed to have been taken in India - has been in my family for many years. I'm...
I've been reading back through my notes of Tedder's With Prejudice and am astounded with his cavalier attitude in places to historical reality. It...
That statistic of 963 German soldiers of General rank or above dying during the war has bubbled back into my addled brain on Twatter. (Including...
Just been looking at pics of James Mason & Rommel, not a bad lookalike, which got me wondering who looked most like the real person they were...
Hey all, I was wondering if anyone here has a copy of "The Desert War Then And Now" published by After The Battle. It's a more expensive book...
Can anybody suggest books that focus on the sporadic fighting during the retreat from Mersa Matruh at the end of June 1942 to Ruweisat Ridge from...
By the ABC Australia, Commentary of Chester Wilmott, Sir Max Hastings, Stephen Bungay as well as interviews with Australian and British and German...
Depending on where/what you read the numbers of battles that took place at El Alamein during 1942 are either two or three ... probably a very easy...
Greetings to everyone here. I've been lurking around, surreptitiously reading everyone's posts for several months now and have finally taken the...
Can anyone help with this units movements in 1939-1942 please?
After a successful operation against the Italians, the British weakened in Egypt by the diversion of troops to Greece. Then, in March 1941 the...
I'm reading a book written to dispel the superiority of "Blitzkreig" as theory of war. I am at the part of the book where the author is discussing...
Hello all,Do you think Gen.Aukinleck,got a raw deal from Curchill?iam Tom by the way,a newbie you might say.Tom.
I have only recently found out that Eisenhower had a long-term mistress during WW2 (Kay Summersby) but had long known of the RKKA tradition of...
I touched on this last week when checking the only RAAF FO interred there. I thought it odd that Auchinleck would be buried here. Does anyone...
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