The Unknown Warrior with John Nichol: in the latest Old Front Line Podcast we chat with John Nichol ✈ about his new book on the story of the Unknown Warrior - buried amongst Kings. oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/09/07/the…

In the latest Old Front Line Podcast Questions & Answers episode we look at how WW1 met WW2, as well as discussing several aspects of the changing nature of the British Army in the Great War. oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/09/14/que…

Today is Battle of Britain Day. 145 Polish fighter pilots flew for the Royal Air Force in the #BattleOfBritain. No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, credited with 126 kills, was the highest-scoring fighter squadron of the Battle. Winston Churchill said: "Never was so much owed by so

Very nice talk this evening from Paul at Old Front Line Podcast about Walking Courcelette, on the 108th day of the start of the Battle of Courcelette, September 15th, 1916. Really nice photos from Paul's own collection. Great talk as always!

Thanks to all who joined me for an Old Front Line Podcast Supporters Evening tonight where we walked Courcelette on the anniversary of the battle in 1916. Really appreciate all your support on Buy Me a Coffee and Patreon.

25-pounder guns of 430th Battery, 55th Field Regiment, near Hechtel in Belgium, firing in support of Guards Armoured Division in the bridgehead over the Meuse-Escaut Canal, taken #OTD in 1944. #WW2 #Arnhem80

Heading off with Dr Victoria L. Humphreys for our final Secret Army Leger Battlefield Tours looking at #WW2 in Belgium 1940-44.

Operation Market Garden began #OTD in 1944 with the 'Airborne Carpet' being dropped between Eindhoven and Arnhem, and 30 Corps began advancing from the bridgehead on the border towards the bridges being taken by Airborne forces. #WW2 #Arnhem80

Superb #Arnhem80 thread from Slightly out of focus about the work of recording Arnhem visually in 1944. A must read!

A reading: Remembering Jean Amery today at Fort Breendonk. Jean Amery, At The Mind’s Limits #BelgianResistance #WW2 #WarWriting #WarTraums

Like most schoolboys in the 1970s I was always making models of aeroplanes and tanks, creating large set piece battles with Airfix soldiers, and digging defensive positions for Action Men in my Mum’s flowerbeds (where they were still in tortal danger from Tort)… 1/ #Arnhem80

Market Garden: 30 Corps continues its advance and moves from Valkenswaard to Eindhoven, meanwhile 1st Airborne in Arnhem face bitter opposition. Both images taken #OTD in 1944. #WW2 #Arnhem80

Recently, I was given an envelope of photos found in a hedge on a Cornish lane in 1997. After local appeal, articles in the paper etc no owner was found. Some very interesting photos of service in Russia and France. Interesting piece of history and a village mystery!

Fantastic and unusual #Arnhem80 thread well worth a read. I loved that Action Man Vickers Gun!

Market Garden: At first light, 30 Corps continued the advance through Eindhoven and over the Bailey Bridge at Son, meanwhile 1st Airborne in Arnhem continued to encounter strong opposition. Both images taken #OTD in 1944. #WW2 #Arnhem80

“#ArmisticeDay is the time when we stop to remember the generation of the #GreatWar, and what better way to do that than in Ypres under the shadow of the Menin Gate Memorial?” – Paul Reed, Head Battlefield Guide. Book your place today >> ow.ly/qx0650To0R3

Remembering Flight Sergeant George Thompson VC, at Brussels Town Cemetery today. ‘The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave.’ (Seneca) rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/for-valou… #RAF #WW2 #Belgium