OVERLORD'S BLOG

In late November 1942 , twenty sappers of the 1st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers were picking their way across the Tunisian landscape. ...

We left the Ioki Detachment as the Soviet bombardment lifted on the 20th of August 1939. As the men of the lead platoon raised their heads t...

In the last few years I've talked about the battles of Nomonhan several times, and today I'll be returning to that battlefield. Firs...

At 0430 on the 14th of May 1917 Zeppelin LZ-64 (Formerly LZ-22) was cruising about over the North Sea near Terschelling. She was engaged on ...

At the start of the Battle of the Bulge on the 16th of December 1944 several freezing, scared, ill-supported engineers were manning a roadbl...

Forty five years (and two days) ago a part of a naval war led to the first sinking of a ship by submarine since the Second World War, one of...

Following on from last week's article I'm going to talk about armour once again, this time Krupp Steel! Now this has probably been d...

The following video came out a few weeks ago, and upon seeing it several of my friends (including a German) accused me of writing the script...

You'll remember some years ago now I mentioned Jack Churchill, and his special brand of madness. Well when I heard of this chap I immedi...

Today is Remembrance Sunday in the UK, and keeping with tradition I'll be writing about something a bit different from my normal fare. W...