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The Demolition Men of D-Day

On the night of 6th June 1944 Major Tim Roseveare and a heroic band of 7 parachute engineers were tasked with blowing up a bridge behind enemy lines to stop a German counter attack. The only thing was they had been dropped in the wrong place with hardly any equipment..

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Amazing War Story – John Humphrey

The incredible true story of a daring soldier who escaped not once, but twice, from separate prisoner of war camps. I first met John at the end of the summer in 2022. I was excited to come face to face with this legendary Chelsea Pensioner to hear his story, as I had been told it…

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WW2 French Bank Notes & Operation Biting Planning Boards

In the dead of night on February 27, 1942, a group of daring British soldiers from the newly formed Parachute Regiment, led by Major John Frost, landed behind enemy lines into German-occupied France. Their mission was to raid a German radar installation in the small coastal village of Bruneval, near the port of Le Havre….

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