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Discovering the remarkable John Salmon, V Force Burma and B Squadron 22 SAS, Malaya
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Please remember the name of this man – Captain Sein Tun, 2nd Battalion Burma Rifles, killed in action at Myitkyina on 18 January 1945. In a recent post I put up the citation to Lieutenant George Knowland VC. My friend and fellow author Harry Fecitt immediately reminded me, quite…
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19-26 March 1944
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The rise of Nazism in Europe
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My good friends at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra have published an article of mine in their latest magazine, Wartime. Its well worth while…
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The story of Betty de Maduit
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Firing a 2-inch mortar from the hip: the extraordinary story of Lieutenant George Knowland, VC
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Some thoughts from the Burma Campaign
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When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today
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I’m doing a few talks this summer on the subject of my new book A War of Empires. I do hope you’ve heard of it! One of the questions I’m regularly asked…
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I had a marvellous day at the Chalke Valley History Festival yesterday. The sun was shining (mostly), the audience was large and appreciative (and not…
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Virginia Hall and La Resistance Française
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