OVERLORD'S BLOG

Note: Imgur and Blogger are playing silly buggers this morning, so if the images aren't appearing that's why. I've spent the la...

In the First World War the Dover Barrage was a series of anti-submarine nets with attached mines stretching across the narrowest point of th...

As last week I was on holiday I failed to get an article written. That's mostly due to climbing mountains in Dorset (the wife claims the...

I'm on Holiday this week! A few months ago the Wife suggested that we hire a cottage and go away or a week with the dogs. To which I r...

Throughout the last few years I've seen a great many projects related to armoured warfare. Nearly every single one of them was scuppered...

The story of Finnish tanks during the Second World War isn't exactly a happy one. From a manpower point of view they did extremely well,...

On a couple of occasions I have been to the Defence Capabilities Centre at Shrivenham (both times the visit was organised by Ed Francis). So...

HMAS Yarra was the second ship to bear that name. She was a Grimsby Class sloop, a tiny ship was lightly armed with only three four inch gun...