Polish docu-drama film with english subtitles depicting the Siege of the Westerplatte Garrison in 1939. YouTube - Westerplatte (1967) part01...
SMATS (South Manchester Tactical Society) is an informal group united by a common interest in military history. We meet on the 2nd Monday of...
SMATS is a reincarnation of the Manchester Tactical Society founded by Spenser Wilkinson in the 1880s while a journalist with the Manchester...
All, I hope you find this interview with yours truly interesting from The Daily Telegraph of a couple of weeks ago. UK Pillboxes in the News...
Many thanks to all who signed the online petition preserving the grade 2 listed pillbox in Surrey, it looks like people power WON!. Final...
There's more.. The proposed new voting system would link voting strength to population, so Poland sees the question of its war dead as highly...
I'm not so sure, despite outward appearances those memories run deep.
From the BBC There was alarm in some quarters after the Polish president said the reason his country did not have a larger population - and...
Thanks for the kind reply and I'll ask him about the compo! My dad did come through unscathed and essentially followed the same path as you to...
Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart is one of the most remarkable figures in British military history, renowned for bravery, his striking character and the...
Sapper, I thought I'd share this with you, particularly as you mentioned coming under fire from Middx Regiment.... I took my 83 year old father...
Martin, You've probably already been, but go to the Tank Museum at Saumur, about 1 1/2 hours away. A great collection. The German collection is...
I've found a trailer here. http://railsplitterslivinghistory.org/Rhineland.htm Ian
I can also recommend "Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw" by Norman Davies.
It is planned to demolish a listed pillbox in Gomshall, Surrey. The planning application number is 07/P/00687 and can be accessed online at this...
Is anyone aware of any German units posted from the eastern front to the western front that brought any captured soviet vehicles with them? I'm...
Having read Panzer Commander, how accurate do you think it is? Some of them just sound too far fetched... if it is accurate he has definitley...
A World War Two pillbox in a Roadwater garden has been restored to its former glory, disguised to look like a garden building. More here...
Perfect! Thanks alot. Btw I found this web site which is proving useful too. D-Day Ancestors
I'm planning to take my father back to Normandy in May, the first time since he landed in 1944 with the Middlesex Regiment as part of British 51st...
