OVERLORD'S BLOG

Today we have a story that is a bit obfuscated by time, and lots of populist re-telling of the story, so the exact details may not be right,...

I've posted this weeks article over on Facebook. The reason is we're discussing something that shouldn't really be posted on thi...

Operation Plunder started on the 23rd of March 1945. It was the British 2nd Army's attempt at crossing the Rhine around Wessel. Facing t...

There are a few topics that I come back to every few years to see if more information has turned up on the subject. Today we look at the sto...

There is an implied myth of German efficiency in the Second World War, and that the German war machine effortlessly carved up its opponents ...

On New Year’s Day 1951 the Chinese launched an offensive against the Allied forces defending the south, the main axis of their attack was Se...

In early 1914 at the German colony of Tsingtau in China two large objects were unloaded from their freighters. These were a pair of Taube mo...

A word of caution about today's story, some of the details come from a copy of The War Illustrated, and thus were released by the Britis...

In April 1940 the Germans invaded Norway. A few days later the French and British also invaded Norway, until very quickly the Norwegians joi...