April 2024
The Battle of Mortain: Operation Luttich
The Battle of Mortain : Operation Luttich. "Time spent in recconaissance is seldom wasted" In March 2024 I spent a special day walking the fields and villages of St [...]
March 2024
Blessent mon cœur, D’une langueur, Monotone.
UNESCO World Poetry Day 21st March 2024. The poem Chanson d' Automne by Paul Verlaine is one of the best known in French Literature. It is included in Verlaine's first collection, Poemes saturniens, published in [...]
February 2024
The Battle of Graignes 10th-12th June 1944
A heroic stand by 182 paratroopers of 3rd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. 17 of whom along with 26 French civilians were murdered by 17th SS Panzergrenadiers. During the [...]
October 2023
The Arctic Convoys 1941-45, A Campaign Report.
The Arctic Convoys 1941-45 A Campaign Report by Malcolm Clough (B.A. Hons War Studies) Introduction Some of the hardest fought naval actions of the Second World War took place in the northerly waters of [...]
September 2023
Taps at Normandy American Cemetery
On Thursday 17th August I spent a special day with James Hale and his family from Seattle & California. James is a professional musician who was granted permission by the American Battle Monuments Commision to [...]
May 2023
Pointe du Hoc. The Assault
On D-Day, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, a group of brave soldiers from the United States Army Rangers embarked on a daring mission. Their objective was [...]