Today is the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. To commemorate this anniversary of the landings, we look at the key assaults that occurred that day using a few extracts from Steven Zaloga’s Atlas of the European Campaigns 1944-45.
This blog post examines the events on Omaha Beach.Continue Reading
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Today is the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. To commemorate this anniversary of the landings, we look at the key assaults that occurred that day using a few extracts from Steven Zaloga’s Atlas of the European Campaigns 1944-45.
This blog post examines the events on Utah Beach.Continue Reading

Today is the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. To commemorate this anniversary of the landings, we look at the key assaults that occurred that day using a few extracts from Steven Zaloga’s Atlas of the European Campaigns 1944-45.
This blog post examines the naval bombardment used by the Allies.Continue Reading

Allied Deception Prior to D-Day
Posted by Minal Daswani on 6 June 2019 12:25:00 BST In Military History
Today is the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. To commemorate this anniversary of the landings, we look at the key assaults that occurred that day using a few extracts from Steven Zaloga’s Atlas of the European Campaigns 1944-45.
This blog post examines the German assessment of Allied divisions in the UK prior to D-Day.Continue Reading

Today is the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. To commemorate this anniversary of the landings, we look at the key assaults that occurred that day using a few extracts from Steven Zaloga’s Atlas of the European Campaigns 1944-45.
This blog post examines the events on Sword Beach.Continue Reading

Today is the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. To commemorate this anniversary of the landings, we look at the key assaults that occurred that day using a few extracts from Steven Zaloga’s Atlas of the European Campaigns 1944-45.
This blog post examines the events on Gold Beach.Continue Reading

Today is the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings, To commemorate this anniversary of the landings, we look at the key assaults that occurred that day using a few extracts from Steven Zaloga’s Atlas of the European Campaigns 1944-45.Continue Reading

D-Day 75 - Swimming Shermans and Crab Flail Tanks
Posted by Pete Ward on 6 June 2019 08:22:43 BST In Military History
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the largest seabourne invasion in history. In this series of blogs we will be looking at some of the weaponry and machinery utilized during the landings and the fighting that followed, starting with the Swimming Sherman and Sherman Crab Flail Tank.Continue Reading

The Battle of Verdun 100th Anniversary
Posted by Robert Farrimond on 18 December 2016 10:36:00 GMT In Military History, Featured
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Verdun. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and whilst it was a victory for the French, it remains one of the largest and longest battles of the First World WarContinue Reading

Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary
Posted by Robert Farrimond on 7 December 2016 16:26:49 GMT In Military History, Featured
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. On 7th December 1941 at 7:55 am Hawaii Time, the US encountered what today is remembered as the “Day of Infamy”.Continue Reading