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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

1st Royal Norfolks

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Image found at:  http://lowres-picturecabinet.com.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/162/main/1/727233.jpg  accessed 18/11/14. I thought it was...
Saturday, 15 November 2014

The Hawker Typhoon

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The Hawker Typhoon was an aicraft that was designed primarily for attacking ground forces with rockets, bombs and machine gun fire. The Je...
Sunday, 26 October 2014

1st Vale of Pickering Scout Archives: War weekend 2014

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1st Vale of Pickering Scout Archives: War weekend 2014 : Well that's another War Weekend gone and lots of very interesting scouting chin...
Thursday, 26 June 2014

Jack Higgins - Flight Of Eagles

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Yes, I know I should be completing a blog post about D-Day, but I'm finding it heavy going at the moment. I will be posting a blo...
Sunday, 8 June 2014

D-Day- What Did It Achieve? #Dday70 #Dday

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Royal Marines at Pegasus Bridge, image found at:  http://www.military-art.com/mall/images/dhm1394.jpg This question could be really...
Thursday, 5 June 2014

Waiting.... Would D-Day Be Cancelled Again? #Dday70 #DDay

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British Paratroopers Operation Overlord found at:  http://www.dday-overlord.com/img/para/gbbritanniq ues_interieur.jpgca/parachutistes_ ...

Midget Submarines On D-Day #dday70 #dday

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Midget Submarine X 23 alongside H.M.S Largs , image from:  http://assets.dday7.channel4.com/images/timeline1024/4026-x23-alongside-hmsl...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Pegasus Bridge 6th June 1944 Glider Crew 6th Airborne Geoff Barkway & Peter Boyle #Dday #Dday70

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This is an excellent excerpt from BBC News 2004 telling the story of 2 glider crew  Geoff barkway & peter Boyle who landed their Horsa g...
Monday, 2 June 2014

Who Were The Royal Navy Commandos? What Did They Do On D-Day? #D-day70

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A few years ago at the World War 2 Weekend in Northallerton, I came across a branch of the Royal Navy I never even knew existed. Royal Navy...
Sunday, 1 June 2014

#D-Day70 #D-Day 6th June 1944 #Operation Neptune was a largely British/Canadian Affair

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Operation Neptune was the planning for the seaborne invasion of Normandy 6th June 1944. Over 70% of all naval craft which took part bel...
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