OVERLORD'S BLOG

Born in June 1921, Cyril Joe Barton was educated in Surrey. When he reached the age of 16 he was accepted as an apprentice draughtsman at th...

At Roermond two rivers join, these are the Maas and the Roer. In 1945 this was the tip of an area called the Roer Triangle. The two rivers f...

John Dunlop-Urie was born in October 1915 in Glasgow, where he grew up. He worked in his father’s bakery. In 1935 aged 20 he joined No 602 ...

This article was suggested by James Panganiban a couple of weeks ago. If you have any suggestions, feel free to make them, although I don...

These last few weeks I've been putting the finishing touches to my next book. This includes editing out stuff that just doesn't fit....

On 28th of March 1967 a flight of Blackburn Buccaneers lifted into the sky from RNAS Lossiemouth, their internal bays were loaded with 1,000...

At 1410 on the 15th of August 1944, a Mosquito Mk.XVI climbed into the afternoon sky from its airbase at San Severo. Piloting was Captain Sa...

Thanks to Ed Francis for helping me on this one. Often British tanks will sport a pair of eyes painted on them. This tradition is done so th...