A friend of mine, a veteran of a recce squad of the 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars, states that it were not the Guards of J.O.E. Vandeleur that...
Not specifically a war-related holiday but, hey, you can't avoid it really!:lol: In no date order, but starting off in Calais... French 1940...
Amongst the hundreds of captioned 'Life Photo's' I've come across quite a few British ones that appear to be from private collections and have...
Chatting with Andy (Drew) about locations of where VCs were won at Cassino. Anyone know exactly where Kamal Ram won his VC with 8th Punjabis ?...
Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Harry Charles Neil Maxwell Oulton, Royal Horse Artillery, was awarded the Military Cross. On September 28th, 1943,...
This was following Phil (wotnochad)'s request for photos of the Bridge. Thought I'd share them with everyone; Pegasus Bridge - a set on Flickr [IMG]
:unsure: If any body can help I am trying to locate the grid ref or as near as dam it location of the Amazon Bridge at Monte Cassino I know it was...
A rather good photo (I think) of the infamous bridge taken on the 6th June 1944. [IMG] This was the scene of the first British landing on D-Day,...
Helmut Romer was the German sentry on duty at Pegasus bridge when the first glider crash landed yards from the bridge. Two books I have which...
Hi all, Does anyone have a list of the men that landed at the bridge by Glider on June 6th? Many thanks, Donnie
Hi, According to the Irish Guards history, a Sapper officer led 4 Gdsmen onto the bridge on 10 Sept 44 and together they cut wires to demolition...
Anyone been to Remagen? Anyone camped there? What's the After The Battle article like on it? Anyone read Ken Hechler's book? I just bought it on...
While doing some War Diary research at TNA this week I came across these excellent photos of Nijmegen Bridge, taken on 6th November 1944. The...
This is an early photo of the Nijmegen bridge. It was taken in the late 1920's. The two small boys on the handrails are the van Empel brothers....
Just been going through some photos prior to my trip this year and thought I would share some photos of the famous Pegasus Bridge with members....
Who have this movie Torrent files? Any of you? How about the story line? Are it same as The Bridge Too Far, the ending story for this is too bad,...
Hi The Bailey, Treadways and FBEs enabled the Allies to cross the many rivers in Italy. What was the German equivalent? Can anyone recommend a...
Punta dei Malati - 3 Commando Bridge. July 14th/15th 1943. In WW2, bridges played an important part :- Kwai, Remagen, Toko Ri, Pegasus,...
During my army career we crossed many a Bailey Bridge, most of which had been given names by the sappers who built them. The one most remembered...
What kind special forces did the Germans have and how effective were they?
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