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Reader's memories of World War II from the Telegraph in London
Started by Scott Lyons Jul 10, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyone, I am attaching this link which I've discovered this morning on the British newspaper's website. They do a really remarkable job with World War II history. My hat (Fedora) is off to them!…Continue
From the BBC.com WWII history website
Started by Scott Lyons Sep 15, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes
A "must-see" site on the Battle of Britain: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/battle_of_britainContinue
Memories of World War II on Display in London - NY Times; August 9, 2010
Started by Scott Lyons Sep 15, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes
August 9, 2010, 6:00 am Memories of World War II on Display in LondonBy VALERIE GLADSTONEImperial War Museum A Hurricane, with RAF officers, circa September…Continue
"BBC on this Day in World War II" - very good website
Started by Scott Lyons Sep 7, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Excellent timelines and articleshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/themes/conflict_and_war/world_war_ii/default.stmContinue
Book Review: Winston’s War: Churchill, 1940-1945 by Max Hastings; from the California Literary Review : 29 June 2010
Started by Scott Lyons Jul 5, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Book Review: Winston’s War: Churchill, 1940-1945 by Max Hastingsby Ed VovesJune 29th, 2010 at 2:22 pm…Continue
Tags: The-Battle-of-Britain
Letter From Britain - Relishing a Sweet Taste of Nostalgia; September 18th - NY Times
Started by Scott Lyons Sep 21, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Published: September 18, 2009LONDON — Every so often, Britons like to measure their present against a past that time has in some ways overtaken — doughty, imperial, island folk with a reach far beyond their shores, suffused with a backs-to-the-wall…Continue
Tags: White-cliffs-of-dover, BBC, Vera-Lynn
British Normandy D-Day veterans hold last ever service - 22 June / Veterans Today & UK Daily Mail
Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by Fran Caldwell Jun 22, 2009. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Normandy D-Day veterans hold last ever service in memory of those who fell on beaches 65 years agoPosted on June 22, 2009By Lucy Ballinger…Continue
All aboard! Royal British Legion launch D-Day 65 events - 1 June 09
Started by Scott Lyons Jun 1, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes
The Royal British Legion launched its D-Day 65 season at a 1940s themed party in London today.Events are being hosted on both sides of the Channel with opportunities for everyone to participate as the country says 'thank you' to its D-Day Heroes.On…Continue
RAF WWII Aerial Photos Go Online
Started by Scott Lyons May 1, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes
by Russ LockwoodA huge RAF archive of WWII aerial reconnaissance photos, including pictures of the D-Day landings in Normandy, will be at www.evidenceincamera.co.ukUnder the digitalization project…Continue
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Comment by Scott Lyons on July 5, 2009 at 2:46pm
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 10:23am -
Wing Commander Tim Fairhurst, who has died aged 91, flew modified Spitfires on a top-secret mission in the Arctic to track down the German North Sea Fleet, which was known to be operating in the waters north of Norway.
See the full story here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-...
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 10:37am
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Flight Lieutenant 'Witt' Wittridge, who has died aged 86, was a fighter pilot during the Burma campaign; later he became a test pilot flying a wide variety of aircraft used for the development of aero-engines.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-...
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 10:43am
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Colonel Don Blakeslee- Fighter pilot who proved one of the finest American combat leaders of the Second World War .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3088505/Colonel-Don-Blak...
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 10:46am
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Group Captain Jim Mitchell - Canadian wartime bomber pilot who later led the longest mercy flight in the RCAF's history.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2657114/Group-Captain-Ji...
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 11:03am
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Britain at War: D-Day and the Invasion of Europe -‘To us is given the honour of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history; and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings,’ proclaimed General Bernard Montgomery on the eve of the Operation Overlord landings in Normandy of 6 June 1944. ‘We have a great and righteous cause.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/3518683/Bri...
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 11:46am
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Knut Haugland, the Norwegian commando and explorer who died on Christmas Day aged 92, took part in two of the most adventurous and celebrated exploits of the last century – a daring raid on a suspected Nazi atomic weapons plant in war, and Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition in peace.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/spec...
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 11:56am
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Lieutenant-Colonel Maureen Gara, who has died aged 93, had an exacting and adventurous career in wartime field hospitals and afterwards was a distinguished military nurse.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army...
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Comment by Randy Gann on December 30, 2009 at 12:00pm
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Flight Lieutenant Charley Fox - Spitfire pilot who destroyed or damaged 22 locomotives, 153 vehicles, at least four aircraft and Rommel's car
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3381986/Flight-Lieutenan...
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"in the company of heroes"
Dr. Guy LoFaro Lectures on the 82nd Airborne Division's Contribution during WWII
By SCOTT LYONS
28 January 2012
Historian and author Guy LoFaro, retired US Army officer, and former West Point professor and alumnus, recently spoke of the research behind his 2011 book The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II at the North Atlanta-area independent bookseller ‘Acworth Bookstore’. Full Story »
"With the Old Breed" Conversations of Wartime with a WWII-era US Marine
By SCOTT LYONS
21 January 2012
I had the recent privilege of learning World War II history first-hand from Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Bailey, through in-person interviews. Paul was a U.S. Marine from 1943 to 1946, who fought in the same division, 1st Marine Division (3/7), on Okinawa as Eugene Sledge (3/5), author of With the Old Breed and subject of HBO’s ‘The Pacific’. Full story »
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Italy trip 2012
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 19, 2012 at 5:16am
German cemetery Pomezia, Italy
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 18, 2012 at 11:34am
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album One'
by Scott Lyons Added May 15, 2009 at 2:25pm 3 Comments
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album Two'
by Scott Lyons Added June 18, 2011 at 12:42am 2 Comments
resistance AS/GL Belgium
by Gilbert Joosten Added February 8, 2012 at 10:34am
WWII NEWS: THE TELEGRAPH
Wartime population faced 'eating plankton to avert food shortages'
Britain's wartime population would have been fed plankton by scientists under proposals to avert critical food shortages, newly discovered documents have disclosed.
Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler a fan of yoga
Heinrich Himmler, the infamous Nazi leader of the SS, was enthralled with eastern mysticism and always carried an ancient text on yoga wherever he went, a new book has claimed.
Hitler had son with French teen
Adolf Hitler had a son with a French teenager while serving as a soldier during the First World War, according to new evidence.
World War Two: air ace in an unmarked grave found
The body of a decorated flying ace who was killed in his first week of war has been found in an unmarked grave in France after 71 years.
Adolf Eichmann exhibition reveals how he was captured by Israeli agents
An exhibition telling the story of how Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann has opened in Tel Aviv.
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