20th Century
Tyler Gatewood Kent
Those of you who have defied all tradition and read my ramblings about The Right Club may just remember the name Tyler Kent. He was the cipher clerk at the US Embassy who was passing [more…]
Nazi Germany
20th Century
The Right Club – Part 2
Part 1 was the background to the origins of the Right Club and introduced some of the members who via various other shady organisations eventually joined the club. The very first fascist organisation in the [more…]
20th Century
The Right Club – Part 1
In early April 1933 Guy Liddell of MI5 visited the Berlin Political Police to discuss intelligence co-operation with the Nazi regime and more specifically its security apparatus regarding the Communist threat. His guide was Dr [more…]
20th Century
The Great Escape Remembered
The 24th March 2019 was the 75th anniversary of The Great Escape, a reminder of a different age when men made terrible sacrifices and displayed incredible bravery to gift us seventy years of relative freedom [more…]
20th Century
Legion of the Damned
“For every foreign-born soldier who dies, no German mother weeps” – Gottlob Berger The Waffen SS was the military wing of the Nazi party, although it is important to note that membership of the NSDAP [more…]
20th Century
The Bombing of the Major V-Weapon Sites – The Fortress of Mimoyecques
There were a multitude of Crossbow V-Weapon sites throughout northern France and most were attacked from the air and later overrun by the advancing Allied armies. The light bombers of the Second Tactical Air Force [more…]
20th Century
The Bombing of the Major V-Weapon Sites – The Siracourt V1 Bunker
The Allies could finally claim air superiority over France and Belgium by 1943. It had been a hard-fought battle that started after the Battle of Britain in the Circus and Rhubarb sweeps over France, the [more…]
20th Century
The Bombing of the Major V-Weapon Sites – Wizernes and La Coupole
As discussed in the previous article, the successful air attacks against the Watten bunker forced the German Army to find an alternative location for a V-2 missile launch site nearby. They had already taken possession [more…]
20th Century
The Bombing of the Major V Weapon Sites – The Watten Bunker
Following on from the bombing of Peenemunde in August 1943, the Allied bomber offensive continued to attack precision targets in France with heavy bombers. The “Crossbow” offensive lasted from June until September of 1944, much [more…]