OVERLORD'S BLOG

As is well known one of the main problems during the Second World War was logistics, especially the securing of ports after a landing on a h...

Disclaimer: the accounts from which I draw this are all a bit blurred. So this article might be wrong. The web indicates two books that hold...

Late in August 1940 a Royal Marine officer stepped through the gates of the airfield at Ma'aten Bagush in Egypt. The Royal Marine was Ca...

I decided to do a tricky one this week, the Falklands War. Why is it so tricky? Well on one hand you have a lot of misinformation kicking a...

As I write this it's Easter Sunday, and I've just got back from a morning out, and as I'm stumped as to what to write about I fi...

The Royal Navy carrier HMS Illustrious had started the Second World War in the Mediterranean and in November 1940 she launched the Swordfish...

Last week's article about the Steam Tank , well yes, as some of you guessed, it was an April Fools joke. I hope it caught a few of you o...

 As I warned last week, this article is a day early due to me having to go to work tomorrow, and thus won't be able to post. One of th...

Note: Next weeks article will be out a day early, on the Saturday, as I have to go into work on Sunday, and so won't be able to post on ...