Top rated

THE IMPRISONMENT OF RUDOLF HESS

In 1983, James was a Major in Berlin and among his responsibilities was taking care of Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess. He met Hess frequently, and tells of the extraordinary relationship between

ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2

John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he talks about being in Nagasaki in 19

BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War

On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e

HMS COVENTRY ATTACKED Part 2 Falklands War

On 25th May 1982, one of Argentina's National days, HMS Coventry, accompanied by HMS Broadsword was ordered to take up position in Falkland Sound to act as a decoy to draw away Argentinian aircraft fr

HURRICANES AND SPITFIRES

William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. He flew Spitfire's during the Warm notably in the Battle of Britain.

Tag cloud

• 1950s
• 1960s
• BERLIN
• BLITZ
• BRITISH ARMY
• CHILDHOOD
• EDUCATION
• Falklands
• INDIA
• IRA
• IRAQ WAR
• IRELAND
• King Alfred
• King Alfred School
• RAF
• SCHOOL
• SCHOOLDAYS
• Spain
• Theatre
• UK
• War
• argentina
• australia
• bombing
• bombs
• children
• community
• culture
• doodlebugs
• escape
• evacuation
• falklands war
• family
• football
• germany
• london
• police
• politics
• ralph volcere
• riots
• routine
• second world war
• seychelles
• south london
• spitfire
• tottenham
• tradition
• work
• world war two
• ww2