"Specialising In Military History Memories"
Background picture: Rorkes Drift Mission Station, Natal Provence, 1879.
Whats New.......?
In preparation, our new article about the big British coastal guns that opposed the giant German Batteries around Sangatte for control of the Dover Straight. They were all outgunned but put up a tenacious fight until September 1944 when the German Batteries capitulated.
In preparation, our new article about the big British coastal guns that opposed the giant German Batteries around Sangatte for control of the Dover Straight. They were all outgunned but put up a tenacious fight until September 1944 when the German Batteries capitulated.
Picture Of The Month
Fortress Tonbridge was expected to hold out in the event of a German invasion in the summer of 1940. Had the town capitulated then it is likely that Tonbridge Castle seen here, would have become an important German forward HQ. Our digitally recreated photograph illustrates how the castle might have looked under German occupation!
(political references are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect our personal ideology)
Fortress Tonbridge was expected to hold out in the event of a German invasion in the summer of 1940. Had the town capitulated then it is likely that Tonbridge Castle seen here, would have become an important German forward HQ. Our digitally recreated photograph illustrates how the castle might have looked under German occupation!
(political references are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect our personal ideology)
We are always receptive to new stories, particularly those that all to often start off as hearsay and finish up as terrific and long forgotten facts waiting to be rediscovered; so if our readers know of any stories that we should be covering then please get in touch.
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We acquire material for this website from a number of very different sources ranging from the interviewing of local people, the generosity of museum staff, the National Archives and extracts from relevant existing publications both long out of print and current. Where exact sources can be traced and identified we will always endeavour to credit accordingly; any omissions or lapses of this procedure are purely accidental and no malice is intended. Should a reader of this website feel that improper attention to the crediting of a source has occurred then please let us know immediately so that the oversight can be rectified?
Copyright Steve Sullivan, May 2018
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com
Email: blighty-at-war@outlook.com