The long nightmare begins: Panzers advance, and civilians flee. I wonder who survived: the tankers or the little girls? Or both? Or none?We have just celebrated May 8th, VE Day, the day that Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies in 1945, 80 years ago this month. But...

Churchill gives his famous V sign on VE DayMay 8th marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, known as ‘Victory in Europe Day’ and usually as VE Day. (The war continued in the Pacific until August 15th, when Japan surrendered following the...

Konzentrationslager April 1945 Warning —this blog contains graphic images and disturbing information.Roll over blurred images to view. In April 1945, 80 years ago this month, Hitler’s Third Reich was finally collapsing. The Russians, approaching from the east,...

Mosquito — Escape Artist ExtraordinaireThis is the story of three remarkable prison breaks in the later years of World War II, one of them exactly 80 years ago. What makes them unique, I think, is that De Havilland Mosquitos unlocked the doors. Carthage Operation...

Dog Boats at SpeedWorld War II was fought on many different scales. At sea it was fought all the way from massive aircraft carriers and battleships displacing 30,000 tons with crews of over 2,000 men, all the way down to motor torpedo boats (MTBs) displacing 50 tons...

HMS TerrorOperation Compass is now buried in dusty history books and military archives, slipping into ‘ancient history’ along with the fall of the Roman Empire, Henry VIII’s six wives, the French Revolution, and all that other stuff that happened long ago. Histories...