I need to know what Iraqi soldiers fighting the British were wearing and what they were equipped with, and also what the Iraqi Army operated in...
At it's peak, how many carriers did the Fleet Air Arm have in service and what time period was this? I know the UK had multiple carriers, but...
I'm doing research on whether the U.S. continued to use Britain as a jumping off point for entry into Germany in the early months (June, July, Aug...
This story is absolutely riveting. Not even his own children knew that Peter Stevens was Jewish until after his death. Then his son Marc Stevens...
I am currently doing research for my dissertation and will be looking at the influence of American GI's on Britain, be it from the music, day to...
So, which was the decisive battle or when was the real turning point? Numerous operations and battles have been referred to as the “Turning...
I know that Jim has been looking at a way to put this on the site but there might be some technical reasons why he hasn’t been able to. So I have...
Hello everyone I have tried to add some of my own wartime music to the downloads section of this site, without success so far, bit I would like...
Almost all of our history books tell us that there were two major wars and a number of smaller wars during the twentieth century. Prior to WW1,...
A semi autobiographical novel set in Duns, Scotland. The Nazis have invaded Britain. [ATTACH] In 1940, after the evacuation from Dunkirk,...
England was an island under siege. Her expeditionary force that had been sent to the Continent in late 1939 to whip Adolf Hitler had just been...
A flight of Luftwaffe transport planes carrying Lieutenant General Hans Graf von Sponeck and elements of his German 22nd Air Landing Division was...
London County Council set up communal cooking centres for people without gas or other mains services due to the bombing. Food was sold at low...
Cheery girls of the land army, whose smiles and spades helped carry Britain through grimly critical times, about to go ditching. They retain their...
This review was by Hamilton Fyfe who during the war years was renown for the reviews he wrote regarding War Books. As I have been looking...
World War II was the first conflict in which a substantial number of deaths were inflicted by aircraft. In some cases the numbers were enormous....
After the withdrawal of British and French forces from Dunkirk in June 1940, there was a real threat that the Germans would invade Britain once...
Initially envisioned as a tank that would support infantry engaged in the kind of trench-style fighting seen in World War I, the Infantry Tank...
For more than 20 years the 'Mighty Hood' upheld the pride and traditions of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1918, she was a symbol of British sea...
Silk or nylon stockings were in extremely short supply by the summer of 1942, despite the presence of American GI’s In Britain who could sometimes...