I am in the process of researching my Grandfather in Law's WW2 service and I am in need of some help from anyone that has a knowlwdge of the role...
In many WW2 theatres the use of railways was critical to the maintenance of logistics, and thus became a target for the opposing side. A key...
Picked up Richard's passing on Paul Reed's/WW2talk Twitter feeds yesterday. I met Richard on my Leger visit to Italy in May 2014. Much more about...
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Karsten Fehr, the mayor of Unkel has a dream. Together with the Mayor of Remagen is planning to re-do the bridge for use of pedestrians and bikers...
I expect(ed) this to be the/a bridge at Wesel in 1945. But I can't find pictures to confirm it. The structure on pictures I find seems slightly...
[IMG] The bridge at Rethem in the 1930s. Hey folks. I'm a local here in lower saxony and searching for more informations/details (war diaries,...
Hi My Uncle was Dennis Fox I wondered if anyone here has any photos of anything ref to him sadly most of our family photos etc have been lost due...
Dear All, I have in front of me a Map entitled "Map XI Bridges over the Caen Canal & R. Orne", it's a basic map of the two waterways, mostly in...
In 1994, nearly 25 years ago, my brother and I made our first trip together to Normandy on our WW2 motorcycles (taking us 3 days to get from...
Hi, New to this site, Looking for information wrt my dad.He was in the RE and went through Italy, had leave in Rome Sept 1944. Informed me that he...
Can anyone confirm whether British Sappers (11th Field Company Royal Engineers) crossed the Waal with the 504th paratroopers of the US 82nd on 20...
As some of you know I've been doing a bit of research around 13th Fd Sqn, RE, who were part of 11th Armoured Division. Being the keeper of a vast...
My two penn'orth..... Review of Anthony Beevor’s Arnhem 1944: The Battle for the Bridges London 2018 This is an excellent book that is an...
The Leominster Canal ran over the R. Teme by an aqueduct . The middle arch was blown up in May 1941 as ? Part of Exercise Hops by ? the 216 Army...
Recommendation for Award for Smith, Thomas Rank: Sapper Service No: ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 373/52/179 Name...
Folks, I have been sent these photographs of what appears to be a Bailey Bridge. Can someone tell me is this WW2 Vintage? Andy
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I took these 24-09-2017 within Christchurch Priory, Dorset.
[ATTACH] This is a sequence of aerial photographs of the Ava Bridge at Sagaing taken on the 24th January 1945. The destroyed spans can clearly be...
A veteran of the Guards Armoured Division asked me to find out which Canadian Bridging Section helped him out during the last couple weeks of the...
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