OVERLORD'S BLOG

Over the years (soon to be decades!) I have been writing these articles I have focused on a great many items to bridge elements of the stor...

On the 24th of February, 1815, two days before Napoleon escaped from Elba, and four months before the Battle of Waterloo, a huge ship of the...

 Hello Historians, and happy new year! I realise I've been very lacking in content of late, and once again I can only apologise. As I am...

Early in the day, on the 25th of March 1944, Flying Officer Douglas Jackson Turner and his co-pilot Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis were sittin...

 On 13th February 1849 a lowly shoemaker living in Tilsit, in Prussia, met his brand-new son. The son’s name was Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt, an...

 What I find interesting, and I’m not sure if I’ve said it before, is how Britain studied the effects of German bombing conducted during the...

Hello Historians, Sorry to have been so absent in content these last few weeks, but a lot has been going on. Due to that reason I've not...

On the 24th of April 1916 the drifter Gleaner of the Seas was at anchor off Walcheren. She was a tiny ex-fishing vessel, only 91 tonnes, ...

 It's not often I get to update you with good news about making a find, but today is one such time. Earlier this week I was at MoD Kinet...

Just before 1730 on Sunday the 17th of March 1918 Lt Edwin Arnold Clear banked his SE.5a through the skies above Crevecoeur.  The patrol he ...