OVERLORD'S BLOG

I write the article a week in advance, and last week it all went wrong. At some point previously I'd found a link to a website that gave...

Born on the 26th of April 1908 John Clifford Lord was one of larger than life types that populated the armed forces during, and after the S...

On the 14th of May 1940 Anthony Eden put-forth a call for volunteers to help defend the UK. These were called the LDV and would later be ren...

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...