In the Bristol Channel, in Woodspring Bay near Clevedon, there are two merchant ships that were sunk there as test beds for Beehive explosive...
I guess many of us have headed off on a journey to a particular destination but ended up taking an unplanned detour along the way before...
Hi, hope this newspaper article may be of use to anyone, a bit deteriorated but readable. Three pieces of different information concerning ww2...
The latest offering by Tony Comer, ex-GCHQ historian, and his introduction:Perhaps it is the way in which the release of new records has added to...
https://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Italy%20Sicily%20and%20Sardinia.pdf
Hello, I'm armature hobby historian based in the UK and I am currently researching a German pilot who was shot down and captured in ww2. I...
I am looking at a German plane that crashed on the 8/9th May 1941 just north of Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire. The identity of the aircraft...
Hi guys, after book recommendations regarding the bombing of Britain during WW2, preferably in some sort of chronological order. Thanks for...
FLAK TOWER IN HUMMBOLDTHAIN PARK (BERLIN) The skeleton of the last Flak tower in Berlin was neither my priority nor the first location on the...
[ATTACH] Franz was a pilot in the Luftwaffe. He was with the 4./NJG 5. He piloted a Bf 110 G-4. Throughout his service he was awarded the Iron...
A podcast from Bletchley Park (1h 20m) and the summary explains:Eighty years ago, in July 1942 the Allies suffered one of their most notorious...
Erich was a Obergefreiter in the Luftwaffe and served as a Radio Operator. The card states he went on a mission with his combat squadron over...
Any help would be greatly appreciated for this ID. I think it may be Hugo Dahmer.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Touching and beautiful interviews with World War 2 Heroes [MEDIA]
A local historian friend is researching the WW2 period in the history of the now demolished Hams Hall Power Station, in Warwickshire and this has...
This week I was lucky to attend a conference on the theme of elicitation of information. Hanns Scharff has been highly praised for the success of...
I know there are threads on The Battle of the Bulge, this new thread was created after a search if the subject was covered - apparently not. The...
I am hoping this would be the best suited section, please move is a better suited section exists. Some of my Great- grandfathers photographs show...
This ship was a fast civilian passenger ship from New Zealand, crossing the Tasman Sea and became a WW2 troopship. Thanks to a pointer to a BCHM...
During this period I have ascertained that there were 6 enemy air raids that were carried out against the town of Gosport. The latter two of March...
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