Carentan – part 4
I was a little behind on the Carentan series, with part 5 just having been published. But hey, it’s not like I didn’t already have dozens of books on D-Day. I keep hoping that Michel de Trez and his team … Continue reading →
Category Archives: History
More books on The Bulge
My prime battlefield interest, as you may know, is the Battle of the Bulge. And I keep reading books, often taken from the list of references in other books. Operation Nordwind One of these old books is ‘Operation Nordwind’ by … Continue reading →
WWII movies this summer
The Second World War is suddenly hot again in Hollywood, it seems. Unlike this summer, which is having a cool and wet start. So much the better for going to the cinema. Pressure The most anticipated release was “Pressure”. It … Continue reading →
Rare color film of 17th Airborne glider troops preparing for Operation Varsity
Last weekend I came across this ‘new’ video on YouTube. We see glider troops preparing their jeeps and artillery equipment before loading onto gliders and aircraft for Operation Varsity, which took place on 24 March 1945. There is so much … Continue reading →
The Georges-Henri Club in Brussels – 80 years ago
Charles Cassells contacted me because he had seen my various posts and the article about GIs in Brussels, and he had his own research he wanted to share. I was very excited about this. Charles has been digging into the … Continue reading →
Book review: Battle of the Bulge, Vol. 1
I finally finished the first volume of the Battle of the Bulge series from Stackpole that I bought in June. After a tour of the Northern flank of the Bulge in May 2024, I wanted to learn more about this … Continue reading →
Book review: SEUL by Michel Reins
I received a signed copy of this book as a gift from a friend. The author Michel Reins is his colleague. The book is in French, so a bit more difficult for me than English, but I am very glad … Continue reading →
Airborne summer reading list
And well into the fall too… It’s a big stack of unit history books that landed on my doorstep last week. It started while looking for a used copy of ‘Put Us Down in Hell’ by Phil Nordyke. I received … Continue reading →
Soldier’s Medal for paratroopers – looking for stories
I’m looking for accounts of US paratroopers who earned the Soldier’s Medal. I recently bought an original WWII slot brooch Soldier’s Medal and case, and I thought it would be interesting to create a kind of ‘hall of fame’ of … Continue reading →
Updates on John Urbank
My earlier post about SSgt. John (‘Jack’) Urbank from 2017, and again in 2020 has just been updated with some new (old) information. The information I received from Gary Grand included some newspaper clippings from Jack’s local newspaper, the Akron Beacon … Continue reading →