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Lord Lovat - No 4 Commando and US Rangers at Dieppe
The mission for Lieutenant Colonel Lord Lovat and No. 4 Commando (including 50 United States Army Rangers) was to conduct two landings 6...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 13, 2017
- 2 min
Operation Pedestal - Relief of Malta - August 1942
Operation Pedestal was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 6, 2017
- 2 min
Formation of No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando formed up in Dorchester August 1943
Formed at Dorchester, West Dorset, in August 1943 mainly from men of 9th RM Bn; 46 Commando RM had a brief but important role in the...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 6, 2017
- 2 min
Formation of No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando formed up in #Dorchester August 1943 #RoyalMarines
Formed at Dorchester, West Dorset, in August 1943 mainly from men of 9th RM Bn; its title was briefly 46 Commando RM before being...
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Si Biggs
- Jun 6, 2017
- 2 min
Operation Overlord - D Day 6th June 1944
The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s
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Si Biggs
- Mar 15, 2017
- 1 min
Female Code Breakers at Bletchley Park
Rare photo emerges of female codebreakers who worked in secret using world's first electronic computer to crack Hitler's messages during...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 30, 2017
- 1 min
German Commando Raid Against the Isle of White?
Did a German Commando Raid take place against the Isle of White Author Adrian Searle uncovered an account from a German soldier, Dr...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 12, 2016
- 2 min
The Cockelshell Heroes - Operation Frankton survivors reach their target
Of the six two man canoes that had been brought to the French coast by HMS Tuna on the 7th December, only five had been launched because...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 8, 2016
- 1 min
The ‘Day of Infamy’
The ‘Day of Infamy’ continues with further attacks. Almost simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Japanese launched attacks...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 7, 2016
- 2 min
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 1, 2016
- 3 min
First attack by Long Range Desert Group 1st December 1940
The Long Range Desert Group were formed in the autumn of 1940, successors to the much smaller Long Range Patrol. They were intended as a...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 20, 2016
- 1 min
The British enter Benghazi 20th November 1942
I was in the lead Bren-gun carrier. As we advanced everything was so quiet it seemed unnatural. Then all of a sudden artillery opened up....
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Si Biggs
- Nov 20, 2016
- 3 min
The U.S. Marines begin their assault on ‘Bloody Tarawa’ - 20th November 1943 @USMC
Carl Jonas was one of the Marines who went in on the first day: Many of the Higgins boats – the assault Landing Craft – were grounded...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 1, 2016
- 1 min
Below decks on a troopship under torpedo attack
Stanley Scislowski was a 20 year old infantryman with the Perth Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Armoured Division. He was...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 20, 2016
- 1 min
Aidan MacCarthy: A Doctor’s War
Aidan McCarthy, a Medical Officer with the RAF, had survived a series of hazardous episodes during the war including the evacuation from...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 30, 2016
- 1 min
Mike Sadler - SAS
Dan Snow History Hit Mike Sadler is one of a handful of surviving original SAS men. Major Sadler, 93, was the navigator for the...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 22, 2016
- 1 min
‘Game of Spies’ - Paddy Ashdown
Great interview by Dan Snow with Lord Paddy Ashdown @paddyashdown former Royal Marine, member of the SBS and polititian. ‘Game of Spies’...
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