OVERLORD'S BLOG

This week I'm going to cheat a bit, or rather, be efficient in my working. I've recently been studying for my history degree, and la...

 In September 1916 Brigadier John Becke was commanding the 1st Wing of the Royal Flying Corp. Brig Becke was a rare pilot, he had been one o...

From the title you may have guessed that we’ll be talking about the offensive use of balloons. Immediately you’re thinking of the Japanese b...

 In 1943 as the war clearly turned against them the Germans started to look at new ways to attack the enemy. One such means was developed by...

In 1943 the Allies were well advanced with their plans to return to the continent, however, one problem still remained: How to defeat the ma...

In the distance was the sound of a band and the tramp of hundreds of feet marching in unison. The band and the soldiers turned the corner in...

In the book release last year, The Dark Age of Tanks , I talk of the UK's Ground Air Scout Car (GASC) projects. These were attempts at w...

 In the 1940s there were beams of barely understood forces being used by the British and Germans to wage war against each other. I am not ta...

The British paratrooper hefted his Bren Gun and glanced at his watch; it was just after 0410 local time (0710 GMT) as his transport plane ch...

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...