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  1. J Fox
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    LVTs at DDay

    Hi can anybody tell me if any of the allied forces used LVTs on D day I dont think the british did but I was wondering whether any of the other...
    Thread by: J Fox, Apr 8, 2021 at 6:09 PM, 3 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
  2. Roy Martin
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    Press reports from Merchant Ships involved in the D-Day Landings

    Roy Martin submitted a new resource: Press reports from Merchant Ships involved in the D-Day Landings - D-Day press reports These are abstracts...
    Thread by: Roy Martin, Apr 8, 2021 at 11:29 AM, 0 replies, in forum: WW2Talk Resource Manager - new uploads/updates.
  3. WW2Nation
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    12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion - Normandy 1944

    My name is Lawrence. I am a researcher who is currently researching the Battle of Breville-les-Monts in June 1944, and specifically the British...
    Thread by: WW2Nation, Apr 7, 2021 at 11:27 PM, 13 replies, in forum: General
  4. 312
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    Searching 17-pdr on Sword Beach

    Hello, I'm just searching some informations about 17-pounder AT gun use in Sword Beach area during the D-day. I read an article who says that...
    Thread by: 312, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:14 PM, 15 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  5. Maksym Chornyi
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    HITLER’S VISIT TO PARIS: JUNE 1940

    HITLER’S VISIT TO PARIS: JUNE 1940 After a series of articles on Babi yar and Ukraine, I have finally finished the first one from my FRANCE 2019...
    Thread by: Maksym Chornyi, Apr 4, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: The Third Reich
  6. Kia Ora
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    THE HISTORY OF THE 8TH PARACHUTE BATTALION IN NORMANDY, 6TH JUNE TO 6TH SEPTEMBER 1944

    Hello all. Does anyone know where I could view this book by RA (Tony) Leake. It was written in 1994 according to the IWM. Many thanks. THE...
    Thread by: Kia Ora, Apr 4, 2021, 7 replies, in forum: Airborne
  7. brithm
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    Award DSO Capt. Peter Morland Churchill (162707) Intelligence Corps (SOE)

    T/Capt. Peter Morland Churchill (162707) Intelligence Corps This officer carried out four clandestine missions into France between the end of...
    Thread by: brithm, Mar 20, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: SOE & OSS
  8. Uncle Target
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    68644 Captain 'Jimmy' James Alfred Hampton STYLES, 67 Field Regt RA: 17/05/1940, buried Adegem

    The Dunkirk Veterans met annually in Worcester, each year they remembered their lost comrades but they never as far as I can tell found the grave...
    Thread by: Uncle Target, Feb 11, 2021, 10 replies, in forum: 1940
  9. Terry Fade
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    Searching WW2 Commandos records

    Family friend trying to locate father's war records or any more information. Sam Houston, served during World War II and she wants to apply for...
    Thread by: Terry Fade, Feb 7, 2021, 8 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
  10. IanTurnbull
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    Gold Beach (JIG), Tides, Beach & H-Hour

    In doing my research I have come across quite different "facts" about H-Hour, tides, wind speed and beach conditions on JIG. I wonder if the...
    Thread by: IanTurnbull, Feb 1, 2021, 42 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  11. Jamie Johnston
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    Info on DLI 9th Bn June 1940? Researching G.Grandfather M.Grant 4454381

    Hi, Wondering if somebody with good knowledge of the DLI could help me? My great Grandfather was taken POW on 9th June 1940 Rouen. I am curious...
    Thread by: Jamie Johnston, Jan 30, 2021, 8 replies, in forum: Durham Light Infantry
  12. DaveB
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    Operation Bluecoat - activities around Aunay-sur-Odon July 30th - August 16th 1944

    At the start of March 2020 I started my dream holiday with a general plan on spending a couple of months in France & Germany before returning home...
    Thread by: DaveB, Jan 29, 2021, 11 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  13. davidbfpo
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    VE-Day in Setif, French North Africa: who helped the French?

    This is my current research project during lock down. An event that is little known outside Algeria now and my focus is on who helped the French...
    Thread by: davidbfpo, Jan 15, 2021, 8 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
  14. Roy Martin
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    New Resource Merchant ship numbers 2021-01-09

    A further 61 cargo ships were assigned and loaded for Normandy, but were not dispatched until after the official end of Operation Neptune - 30...
    Posted By: Roy Martin, Jan 9, 2021 in category: Documents
  15. Roy Martin
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    New Resource D-Day merchant ships 2021-01-09

    Another chapter from my book Ebb and Flow
    Posted By: Roy Martin, Jan 9, 2021 in category: Documents
  16. dbf
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    57346 Ian Grant GARROW, DSO, Highland Light Infantry : Escaper & Evader; Pat O'Leary Line

    Personal Number: 57346 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Ian Grant GARROW, DSO Unit: Highland Light Infantry London Gazette : 20 May 1930...
    Thread by: dbf, Dec 14, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: British Army Units - Others
  17. dbf
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    240633 Kenneth Coleridge BOLES, 1 Grenadier Guards

    Personal Number: 240633 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Kenneth Coleridge BOLES Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 14 August 1942...
    Thread by: dbf, Dec 3, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: The Brigade of Guards
  18. brithm
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    Award Military Cross Lt. G.T. Morson (292967) 10th Durham Light Infantry, July 1944

    Award Military Cross Lt. Geoffrey Thomas Morson (292967) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment attached 10th Durham Light Infantry, July 1944 On...
    Thread by: brithm, Nov 19, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: Durham Light Infantry
  19. Nicola Hayward
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    HQ 5 Railway and Maintenance Royal Engineers 1944

    Hello I’ve my grandads album with photos from France, he was a sapper from Lancaster and I have a military photo of a unit titled as this thread...
    Thread by: Nicola Hayward, Nov 10, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: Royal Engineers
  20. andrewkkkk
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    another pic RAF airman - unidentified

    found this - no idea who it is but was with my father in France and Belgium in 1945[ATTACH]
    Thread by: andrewkkkk, Nov 9, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
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