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Book announcement. I am pleased to announce my following books are being published by Pen and Sword (Military publications) and pre-orders are now available. Volume 1. SOE French Section: Organisat…

Book Announcement - Special Operations Executive in France 

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Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Selection known as P Company.

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Alan Malcher MA, military historian.

Alan Malcher MA, British and Commonwealth Military Historian. www.alanmalcher.com

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Odette Churchill GC (aka Hallows, Sansom). A rare television interview (c1980) discussing her service with the Special Operations Executive.

Introduction Odette Churchill was one of the first women agents serving with the Special Operations Executive to arrive in occupied France to raise and support resistance.During this interview , Od…

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Exploring Blitz Films and Their Impact on Newsreels

Blitz Films And Newsreels

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Black Thursday: RAF Bomber Command raid on Berlin 16/17 Decemeber 1943.

On 16 December 1943 the crew of a Lancaster bomber from No.97 Squadron was hit by heavy flak over Berlin. Despite the aircraft being extensively damaged they managed to cross the North Sea but afte…

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(via Podcast Episode: Blitz And Wartime Memory – Alan Malcher)

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Pip: Alan Malcher has been quietly assembling a wartime archive on his site, and it turns out 1940 had a great deal to say for itself.Mara: This episode moves through Blitz film and newsreel footag…

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London Underground Station during the BlitzIt has been estimated around 177,000 people used London Underground stations as air raid shelters during the German aerial bombardment of London, but the …

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German Spies Executed at the Tower of London During the Two World Wars

Tower of London During WW2 The Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror during the 1070’s and later became infamous as a prison, a place of torture and execution under the Tudors and is n…

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Alan Malcher- Military Historian, Broadcaster, author and Veteran (www.alanmalcher.com)

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John ‘Barney’ Hines also known as the ‘Souvenir King’ during WW1

Photograph of John Hines surrounded by some of his stolen and liberated souvenirs whilst serving on the Western Front. John Hines was a British-born Australian soldier who served on the Western Fro…

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Private Ian Ray (Australian Army)

19 year old Private Ian Ray 19-year-old Ian Ray from Melbourne Australia, was serving with the 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Australian Army when he was wounded in the left arm during the Battle of …

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Major John Sehmer: SOE Serbia and Hungary.

Major John Sehmer whose home unit was the Royal Tank Regiment had already completed an SOE mission in Serbia when he volunteered for a second mission to Hungary accompanied by Private Willis and Wilson as part of Operation Windproof in Slovakia and Hungary to encourage and support a Slovak uprising by partisans; establish communications with London and assist the Hungarian Government to negotiate…

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Wishing all British, allied military personnel and veterans a Happy Christmas and Greeting of the season to those who do not celebrate Christmas.

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