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Review: Bomb Happy

19/11/201703/07/2019 HistorianLeave a Comment

Bomb Happy: 5★★★★★ Review As I travelled to the Junction theatre in Goole with a friend, I had a great deal of trepidation about seeing the play Bomb Happy. Written by Helena Fox, it is based on the experiences of a number of Second World War veterans from York. But not just any veterans, a […]

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Ravilious: An Artist at War

21/10/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

Eric William Ravilious was a British artist who, although born in London, was well known for his paintings of the Sussex landscape. He was part of a group of artists that lived and worked in Sussex before the war who did not just paint, they used many methods and skills including producing woodcuts. His landscapes […]

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Dunkirk: The Film – A Review

21/07/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

I went to see this film in Sheffield today, with some trepidation. It wasn’t just a case of being a big fan of Christopher Nolan’s films (which I am), it was that this film is important. Why important? Well, it’s simply the biggest, most high profile film about the Second World War in some time. […]

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What Dunkirk Means To Me

02/07/201702/07/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

Tonight on Channel 4 my latest piece of Television work will be broadcast, Dunkirk: The New Evidence. This will be the fifth time I have revisited Dunkirk and Operation Dynamo for TV, from Dig 1940 to Dan Snow’s Little Ships. The latest programme was partially inspired by the upcoming Dunkirk movie  and it is amazing […]

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Unseen Images from Dunkirk 1940

30/06/201728/06/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

The Battle of France began on 10th May 1940 when the Germans attacked into Holland, Belgium and France. With a couple of weeks the Netherlands were overrun, the Belgians had surrendered and the British and French were in retreat to the coast around the port of Dunkirk. Nearly 400,000 Allied servicemen were contained in a […]

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25/02/201706/04/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

The British Tanks That Helped Russia

When the Soviet Union was invaded during Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, the Russian forces suffered heavy losses in men, material and tanks. Great Britain now no longer stood alone and found an Ally in Russia, so a move was made to supply the Soviet Union with Tanks not just as a symbol of their […]

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22/02/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

When East met West at Torgau in 1945

As the Allied Armies advanced across Nazi Germany, with the Soviets coming from the East and the British and Americans coming in from the West, it was only a matter of time before their soldiers met on the battlefield. The first instance of this was at Torgau on the River Elbe on 25th April 1945, […]

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21/02/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

Allied Soldiers Explore Hitler’s Eagles Nest 1945

The Eagle’s Nest, or Kehlsteinhaus, is an Alpine building high on the Kehlstein mountain. Despite popular myth it was never the home of Adolf Hitler but was built for Hitler’s 50th Birthday in 1937 although it was not officially presented to him until April 1939. Hitler used it on several occasions and was photographed here. […]

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21/02/201721/02/2017 HistorianLeave a Comment

The Soviet Women Who Stopped Hitler

During the Second World War the Soviet Army employed more women soldiers than any other nation, and far more of them were involved in direct combat with the enemy than on any other battlefield. More than 800,000 women soldiers served in the Soviet Army between 1941 and 1945, with one in four of them being […]

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