The Forschungsamt (or Goering’s Research Bureau) was the reason I was hunting around for information , its name popped up now and then but there was very little information about it. This was Goering’s pet [more…]
Penarth is literally just around the corner from Cardiff. Home to a famous pier and much else besides. The town itself has a pleasant promenade to walk along, and numerous eateries along the sea front. [more…]
The great irony of 2018 is the world is a more dangerous place than it was before the collapse of the Soviet Union. How can this be so? The amazing paradox is when the West [more…]
One of the lesser known parts of German Signals Intelligence was the Radio Defence Corps of the Armed Forces. Their main function was to monitor clandestine radio transmissions within Germany and later German controlled areas. [more…]
In part two we learned about the highly successful second generation 737, now known as the “Classic”. We also touched on the emergence of a new competitor. In this part we’ll take a look at [more…]
The Army and Defence in Depth A number of senior members of the Imperial General Staff thought the likelihood of a German Invasion to be ludicrous. They believed the best strategy was to bolster the [more…]
It was during an English lesson during the late 1970s – English lessons were never about spelling, grammar, creative writing, etymology, poetry or literature, always, always politics – when a short term supply teacher told [more…]
Failure , such a negative word but there are degrees. The Germans’ biggest failure was to not find out about the Allies cracking their military Enigma machines as well as two types of teletype. They [more…]
In part one we covered the genesis of the 737 and its troubled early years where at times it seemed as if the 737 was hanging on by its fingernails in a tough market dominated [more…]
Fifth Columnists, Useful Idiots, Traitors and Spies There was much concern not just from an external invasion, but also the activities of some people in Britain and their lack of wholehearted commitment to the fight [more…]
There are many words and phrases we use every day, and I became fascinated with the history of where these came from, especially if it arose from a military background. The definition of etymology from [more…]
The following is a description of the course of a typical American heavy bomber raid and , as in the case of the example of an RAF raid , represents tactics during the latter years [more…]
I think most of us here don’t get terribly excited at the thought of the Boeing 737. It’s quite mundane, unremarkable, pedestrian even. I suspect more than a few of us here have been herded [more…]
Securing the Home Front, Politics and Preparations Somewhat ironically, it was the disastrous Norway campaign of April – June 1940 that bolstered the British chances of resisting a German invasion later in the year. Despite [more…]
Let’s be honest from the start: when in a few years we look back on the last two decades, we will wonder what the heck just happened. I’m going to be utterly subjective now because [more…]
Mount Kent Mount Kent with its surrounding hills is an area of high ground on East Falkland, approximately five miles west of Port Stanley. It rises to just under 1,100 feet and it dominated the [more…]
The following depicts the sequence of events in a night raid, showing how , in the latter years of the war , it could be identified by SIS, and advance warning given: 17:00 Lancaster units [more…]
The Past Previously I was a History teacher for 10 years. One of the most important skills I learned and taught others was how to critically examine information and evidence that you are presented with. [more…]
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