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Dec 1, 20163 min read

First attack by Long Range Desert Group 1st December 1940

The Long Range Desert Group were formed in the autumn of 1940, successors to the much smaller Long Range Patrol. They were intended as a...

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Nov 20, 20161 min read

The British enter Benghazi 20th November 1942

I was in the lead Bren-gun carrier. As we advanced everything was so quiet it seemed unnatural. Then all of a sudden artillery opened up....

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Nov 20, 20163 min read

The U.S. Marines begin their assault on ‘Bloody Tarawa’ - 20th November 1943 @USMC

Carl Jonas was one of the Marines who went in on the first day: Many of the Higgins boats – the assault Landing Craft – were grounded...

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Nov 1, 20161 min read

Below decks on a troopship under torpedo attack

Stanley Scislowski was a 20 year old infantryman with the Perth Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Armoured Division. He was...

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Oct 20, 20161 min read

Aidan MacCarthy: A Doctor’s War

Aidan McCarthy, a Medical Officer with the RAF, had survived a series of hazardous episodes during the war including the evacuation from...

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Sep 30, 20161 min read

Mike Sadler - SAS

Dan Snow History Hit Mike Sadler is one of a handful of surviving original SAS men. Major Sadler, 93, was the navigator for the...

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Sep 22, 20161 min read

‘Game of Spies’ - Paddy Ashdown

Great interview by Dan Snow with Lord Paddy Ashdown @paddyashdown former Royal Marine, member of the SBS and polititian. ‘Game of Spies’...

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