Thought I would drag an article out of the archives and republish/recycle, because it’s such a good one i.e. not from me! Pillboxes are the iconic symbol of WW2 anti-invasion defences so I thought a post on their use, with reference to Suffolk, during WW2 may be of interest. As I said in my earlier post, up to May 1940, [...]
Found a great blog today whilst researching for information on WWII Bailey Bridges for my forthcoming mega series. http://ww2incolour.blogspot.com/ Pop over there, some stunning images and videos with great writing.
Today is of course the anniversary of the D Day landings in Normandy in 1944 so I thought a look at a few of the lesser known historical aspects might be interesting Before – Turned Out Nice Again The sea journey from the south coast of England to Normandy is not a short one and the weather in the area [...]
Best put the kettle on, twice. This is not intended to be authoritative and I would strongly urge readers to research the facts and points of view (which aren’t facts) for themselves. No doubt I have made a number of errors and if anyone wants to point them out in the comments section I would be happy to make corrections. [...]
Some time ago 13th Spitfire wrote an article for Think Defence on the TSR2 and it would seem to be a popular topic. Chris has penned another, below. When I was but a wee boy, my Father started taking me to air shows, which incidentally kicked off my interest in matters of defence. An early visit, possibly the first, was [...]
This post has some brief notes on the tactics of the British Army Field Defence form the end of the First War to the end of Second War with reference to various manuals of the time. Some principals of defence remained throughout – namely depth to the defence. The defence was largely linear from the end of the First War [...]
Spurred on by Daves excellent post about WWII coastal defences I thought a dip into the history books was in order, it’s been some time since I did anything on matters of ‘yesterday’ but there are so many worthy subjects its hard to decide what to cover. Having read this post at Snafu the subject of merchant ships being used [...]
The art of deception is as old as the art of war, the Trojan Horse is perhaps the most widely known. Although the use of fraud in any action is detestable, yet in the combat of war it is praiseworthy and glorious. And a man who uses fraud to overcome his enemy is praised, just as much as he who [...]
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