This song was written by Hamish Henderson of the 51st Highlanders, the man who formally accepted the the Axis' surrender of Italy from Marshal...
My son is doing a report on WW2 and the countries involved. I found this fact that I thought was interesting and was wondering if anyone on here...
Hello all, just dropping in to say hello and explain why i have joined this forum. I live in somerset and myself and my sons are trying to trace...
I'm not sure if there is a thread started for this mini-series elsewhere but I couldn't find it and thought we'd be remiss not to discuss this...
At the outbreak of war, Éire was still a member of the then British Commonwealth but chose to remain neutral, the only such member state to do so....
On June 6th 1944, supported by amphibious tanks, the first assault waves of the 8th Regiment of General Barton’s 4th US Infantry Division landed...
RAF ground crews “bombing up” a Typhoon fighter-bomber with rocket projectiles. The presence of these aircraft in the sky over Normandy, ready to...
I will post the link to a site dedicated to one of, if not THE, greatest Tank Commanders of all time. It will do Him the rightful justice that I...
D-Day: Interview with Two U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion Members Who Describe the Attack at Pointe-du-Hoc U.S. Army General Omar Bradley described...
The cruiser HMS Ajax (1) joins in a long-range gun duel with the German 152mm gun battery at Longues to the west of Port on Bassin. The guns at...
It was at LION-sur-MER that the most famous D-Day photo was taken – a view of QUEEN Beach, Red sector (taken by Sgt. Jimmy Mapham – later Gen....
For Britain, the period of the ‘phoney war’ ended four months after Dunkirk. Initially, the bombing of British cities was a mistake. Prior to...
The D-Day Photos of Robert Capa :thumb: I know there are more of his photos that were lost.
Lets come up with some poorly thought out plans in WW2. Well we have to start somewhere and try to figure out which was the worst planned war...
Jim said something that made me think. What differences do you think we would see if we had google earth during the war? :happy:
Welcome Rainyday! to war44 forums please introduce yourself by telling us where you are from, your interests in WWII or just History and how you...
Really suprised that no-one has mentioned this totally vintage all time, all star classic ok its slightly on th elong side so set aside an entire...
This is a double edge post in a way that i am giving an insight of a book that i have read to making a post about the Resistance, it would fit in...
Allied troops are shown here settled on the Normandy beaches after the 1st days battles against the German defences and now sending out much...
Three days after becoming Prime Minister, Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) told the Commons: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears...