I know it isn't in the same vein but I really liked Das Boot and having read several memoirs from U-Boat survivors it did ring true with what I...
My father worked in the shipyard in Greenock at the start of the war then went round the Uk building R.A.F. bases, he had a couple of close calls...
I have just finished these books No cloak, No dagger: Allied spycraft in Occupied France by Ben Cowburn and Inside North Pole: A Secret Agent's...
Rest in peace Harry, back with your comrades now.
I'm from Port Glasgow and during the war my late mum washed Flying boats on the Clyde.
I think it is good that we all such differing opinions and are able to air our views, I personally haven't seen a ufo but my late uncle and some...
In this situation there is no black or white in so far as science not being able to prove that reincarnation exist is only valid for the present...
Lias For some reason I know I wasn't with the cavalry another unexplained feeling. I do think places can have imprints, I have quite a collection...
I now feel quite ancient I had forgotten all about Garrisons' Gorillas I never missed an episode.
Well done Stefan Perhaps if you rub your feet with surgical spirit every day for several weeks before a long march it may help prevent blisters...
In my childhood I was always interested in Native Americans then when I was about 12 or so I started to write stories and got some books out of...
I am reading Between Silk & Cyanide by Leo Marks I have just finished reading Nightfighter by C F Rawnsley Troop Leader: A Tank commander's story...
John Patrick Kenneally VC (15 March 1921–27 September 2000) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award...
Thank you for posting that. I have often wondered what effort was made to repatriate the dead. If they are unable to make individual...
I've just finished Hirschfeld: A secret Diary of A U-boat by Wolfgang Hirschfeld, and I am half way through Iron Coffins by Herbert A Werner....
I find that poignant too, right enough when I watch the veterans speaking on television or standing where they fought and seeig the emotion in...
I read E. B. Sledge's book too a few weeks ago, and I am really looking forward to "The Pacific" it won't get here fast enough.
Adam Thank you for your reply and the link to the other thread which I found really interesting and the pics too, my mystery is solved! I did do...
I was watching B of B last night and at the end of the episode Lt Winters gets onto the front of a tank to sit beside Capt. Nixon as the tank...
It is another one by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, according to reports is has a budget of $150 million and is being filmed in Australia.
