Good Afternoon Firstly thanks for letting me join this wonderful forum. I have been trying to find out as much as I can about my Father's wars. I...
[ATTACH] Sjt. William Porteous, 44 Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Service No: 7926306 Award: Military Medal On 7th August 1944 Sgt. Porteous was...
Award MiD Capt. Robert George Brian Dickson , 2nd Royal Canadian Artillery (France) [ATTACH] Edmonton Journal 29th March 1945 Robert George Brian...
Award Military Medal L/Cpl. Charles Kensal Bailey, No. 13 Canadian Provost Company (A34922) On 25th November 1944 this NCO was in charge of...
[ATTACH] Hello, my grandfather Bill Leach(14499459) was in Normandy 1944. I know he was around the falaise pocket and took part in the attack on...
I wanted to write something about my father’s experiences during Operation Totalize – a bit like one of Stolpi’s excellent threads. He was a...
Finished outlining the movements of the Régiment de Maisonneuve of the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Battle of Normandy, 1944 at...
The French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée) was commanded by the capable Phillipe Leclerc. It began disembarking in Normandy on August 1...
Calvados archive have put their occupied photographs online, they are a great selection of pre and post D-Day. Germans in coastal batteries,...
Falaise, Some may wonder why I return to this subject? Simple really it was the vast extent of what happened there. We had the very dubious...
In all available sources on Montgomery's plans for Overlord, from his notes to army commanders of 20 March 1944 to the final St Pauls School...
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