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'CURRYING FAVOUR': 2ND ESSEX, SAILLY-SAILLISEL, DECEMBER 1916
Before I launch into this post, let me apologise first for the recent silence. Family matters, health issues and a number of other things kept me from…
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Not so quiet on the press front today
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WATERLOO 208: TWO NEW PRUSSIAN ACCOUNTS
1. 'Now in God's name, strike your blows!', Oberst Freiherr Hiller von Gaertringen, the 'Lion of Plancenoit'
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THE BATTLE OF BULLECOURT, APRIL 1917 : THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE
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THE REAL ‘LAST SURVIVOR’ OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
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'WITH THE BEST GREETINGS, THE SLAYER OF FRENCHMEN' (2)
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BROTHERS OF THE BLADE: TWO LIVES AGAINST NAPOLEON (4)
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THE MYTH OF A 'JEWISH' SHOOTING STAR: FIGHTER ACE EDMUND NATHANAEL
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STUKA-REEL: STURZKAMPFGESCHWADER 2 'IMMELMANN'
Over one hour of private footage 1940-1945 #WW2 #Luftwaffe #History
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THE BATTLE OF BULLECOURT, APRIL 1917 : THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE
The machine guns were mowing down whole lines of Englishmen. The English though charged forward in such masses, that the thin ranks of the garrison of…
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SURGICAL STRIKE: EXPERIENCES OF A STUKA ACE, PART 1
Attack procedures of dive bombers on naval targets: Operational experience of III./St.G.1. against England and in the Mediterranean Sea ‘"Experience in…
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ARNO'S WAR: A RESEARCH MASTERCLASS
GUEST AUTHOR: ANDREW LUCAS (ROYALSAXONARMY.CO.UK)
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THE MYTH OF A 'JEWISH' SHOOTING STAR: FIGHTER ACE EDMUND NATHANAEL
Emil Edmund Nathanael came to my closer attention several years ago when I managed to acquire a signed portrait photograph of him in an estate sale in…
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'WITH THE BEST GREETINGS, THE SLAYER OF FRENCHMEN' (4)
The letters of a 17-year old Berlin war volunteer from Belgium and France, 1914/1915, Part 4 (Final part) #WW1 #history 'You have seen so many hundreds…
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'WITH THE BEST GREETINGS, THE SLAYER OF FRENCHMEN' (3)
The letters of a 17-year old Berlin war volunteer from Belgium and France, 1914/1915, Part 3 - "At least I saw the church spires of Ypres! Right in…
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LISTEN TO 'BLOOD, DUST AND SNOW: DIARIES OF A PANZER COMMANDER'
Audiobook now available world-wide - listen to a sample!
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'A VICTIM OF PROPAGANDA', TIGERS IN COMBAT
Field experience report of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506, Russia, 1943
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