OVERLORD'S BLOG

Today when you mention 'Beehive' in a military context most people think of the Beehive rounds that came to be well known in Vietnam...

In 2003 the British armed forces took part in the invasion of Iraq, at first they were part of the push north with the rest of the Allies. T...

Sitting in the cockpit of his BF109E, called 'White 9', Oberleutnant Karl Fischer begun to bounce down the grass runway at Guines ai...

From the 13th of June to the 13th of July 1944, the New Zealand 20th Armoured Battalion was given a rest period in the Liri Valley, after it...

I had a great article prepared for you today, something a little bit odd, and really came together well. But yesterday I came across a docum...

About four miles SWW from the port of Tobruk, is a junction of four main roads. In January 1941 the Italians had erected a place called ...

Part One Part Two Part Three    A Warning: The recent temperatures seem to have melted my proof readers computer, and so this a...

Part one. We left the situation in Radfan with two companies of 3 Para, and the battalion HQ arriving along with some medium guns. These ...

We left British operations in Radfan with the failure of an SAS patrol to secure a landing zone, that would allow a company of Para's t...

On the day I normally write an article I had to go to an archive for some research, so for this week and next, we'll be doing a two part...