Operation ‘Doomsday’: Norway, 9th May 1945.

Despite the celebrations of VE Day just the day before, and due to the chaos of the fluid situation of the German defeat, the British 1st Airborne Division launched a mission to liberate Norway.   Advance parties flew into Norway on 9th May 1945. Their task was to maintain law and order, secure airfields, prevent […]

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VE-Day 75th Anniversary

As we come to the end of this week we reflect on something else that came to an end at this time 75 years ago; namely, the Second World War – 6 years of conflict that engulfed the globe in the deadliest and most destructive war humanity has ever endured.   More than 100 million […]

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