OVERLORD'S BLOG

The days after D-Day had a multitude of differing battles as the Allies fought for control. One of these battles occurred on D+2 when the 12...

On 17th of November 1943 the Australian forces in Papua New Guinea started their operations to clear the next part of the island from the oc...

As those of you whom have been following me on Facebook will likely know, my next book is due out in May next year. It focuses on British sp...

 At 1430 on the 25th of March 1941 the British cruiser York steamed into the naval base in Souda Bay, Crete. She moved slowly through the tw...

Looking for an article this week I started looking at something completely different, however, on one document I found the hint of a brillia...

 In the darkness of the very early morning of the 24th of January 1961, the crew of the USAF KC-135 Stratotanker peered astern of their airc...

 On the 1st of July 1942 the first battle of El Alamein started. This was the moment when the 8th Army had to stop the Afrika Korp and their...

 If you go to just about any forum or website that is remotely military or historically themed, you will almost certainly find a post about ...

On the 2nd of March 1965 the US opened Operation Rolling Thunder. This was the tightly controlled bombing of North Vietnam in an attempt to ...