In reaction to my thread „Bridging the Rhine for 12th Corps“ forum member stolpi was so kind to send me the copied version of „Royal Engineers...
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...
Apologies if this thread is in the wrong place. My Grandfather (Lieutenant colonel William J Humphrey) was a beach commander of Juno beach. I own...
[ATTACH] A few bits belonging to Cpl Mavers, he served in the RASC and in North Africa, Sicily and Italy he was 2nd Driver for Monty and later...
In case it's of interest, I have just published the edited diaries of my grandfather's diaries from WW2. It's called "Churchill's Colonel: The War...
Can someone help me to the locations where 21 Army Group Headquarters where during there time in the Netherlands. I'm trying to figuring out...
Hi chaps. I’m touring around the 6th Airborne area of Ops in the Ardennes, can someone tell me the name / location of the big chateau used as...
I have only seen a few "short" videos and one Hollywood Movie about Arnhem. It always plays out that one or two, mild manner,...
Photo dates from 1945, probably Holland or Germany... [ATTACH]
"Commander of the Africa Corps is captured. "The captured German General, Ritter Von Thoma, is pictured here talking with Lt. Gen. Bernard Law...
Up for sale on a medal dealer's website. Autographed program for the England vs Scotland War Charities football match: 19th February 1944....
Hi All, have several times seen the following quote attributed to Monty but wondered if anyone can provided a published source for this quote,...
Not sure if anybody else has posted this before I have had a look but couldn't find anything. This is a personal message read out to all troops...
Been looking at this and wondering how it fits into the grand scheme of things, anyone got it, read it and willing to share an opinion?
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...
My grandad has recently given me my great grandfathers military medal. All we know about Wilkie Coker is that he was in 5th Dorset. The most...
This book, by Michael Reynolds (retired General), was published in paperback by Pen and Sword in 2010. It starts with brief accounts of the...
I've just been reunited with an envelope of old papers, some of it a batch I bought on ebay a number of years ago. It was bought 'blind' for a...
[IMG] During the Battle of the Bulge (16 Dec 1944 - 15 January 1945), the 6th Para Brigade was heavily involved in combat to take back and keep...
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