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Great Escapes - Le Chemin de la Liberte (The French Freedom Trail) @MontyHalls #WW2
Le Chemin de la Liberte (The French Freedom Trail) After the German offensive in May 1940 and the division of France into two parts - an...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 8, 2017
- 2 min
The battle for the Red October factory canteen
In Stalingrad Soviet forces were obstinately refusing to budge from their defended positions on the ever diminishing sliver of land they...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 3, 2017
- 2 min
Troopship Queen Mary cuts HMS Curacoa in half 337 Men lost #militaryhistory #OTD
The RMS Queen Mary was used as a troopship throughout World War II and usually crossed the Atlantic without an escort, relying on her...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 27, 2017
- 2 min
Great Escapes - The Sulmona Trail @MontyHalls #WW2
Escape from Italy On the 03 September 1943, the Italian Government led by Badoglio (who had replaced Mussolini in July), signed an...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 21, 2017
- 2 min
Leo Gradwell DSC RNVR against orders, led three merchant ships from the disaster of Convoy PQ 17 int
Leo Gradwell DSC was a British barrister, a magistrate and a Second World War Royal Navy volunteer, who in July 1942 against orders, led...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 19, 2017
- 2 min
David Samuel Anthony Lord VC, DFC Victoria Cross 19th September 1944 - Battle of Arnhem
As it is my Birthday I though I would remember a VC Winner from today who sacrificed his life for others: David Samuel Anthony Lord VC,...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 18, 2017
- 1 min
Imperial War Museum - Operation 'Market Garden' In Photos @I_W_M @16AirAssltBde @PoppyLegion
Dutch civilians and veterans of 1st Airborne Division watch as children place flowers on graves at the Arnhem-Oosterbeek Cemetery, 25...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 12, 2017
- 4 min
U-156 torpedoes the RMS Laconia - almost 1,500 saved #militaryhistory
On the 12th September the German U boat U-156 torpedoed a passenger ship off the coast of Africa. There was nothing remarkable about that...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 6, 2017
- 2 min
HMS Saracen makes her way from Britain via Gibraltar to Malta #militaryhistory
In early September 1942 Edward Young was the First Officer on HMS Saracen as she made her way from Britain via Gibraltar to Malta....
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Si Biggs
- Sep 3, 2017
- 3 min
Neville Chamberlain announces war with Germany, 3 September 1939.
Declaration of war Germany invaded Poland in the early morning of 1 September 1939. The British Cabinet met late that morning and issued...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 30, 2017
- 2 min
Victoria Cross won on the Kokoda Track - Private Bruce Steel Kingsbury VC, Australian 2/14th Infant
High in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, in treacherous conditions of ankle deep mud the battle for the Kokoda Track again...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 27, 2017
- 2 min
India Prepares for Battle - General Slim prepares his troops #militaryhistory #WW2
In Burma the Monsoon Season had brought a pause in hostilities and the British forces regrouped in India. It comprised elements from...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 22, 2017
- 1 min
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 28, 2017
- 2 min
"Operation Chariot" - St Nazaire Raid
The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St...
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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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