Tag: WW2
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HMS King Alfred – the RNVR’s wartime training site
During the Second World War, HMS King Alfred in Hove, Sussex, became the nerve centre for training officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). In this blog, I’ve pulled together some intriguing facts that reveal the importance of this unique establishment. HMS King Alfred plays a key role in my new book – For Those…
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Operation Dynamo: The evacuation from Dunkirk, 85th anniversary
In the annals of British military history, few events have captured the imagination and spirit of resilience quite like Operation Dynamo. Referred to by Churchill himself as a “Miracle of deliverance,” this audacious evacuation of Allied troops from the beaches of northern France in 1940 turned what could have been a catastrophic defeat into a…
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The first Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine mission: Attack on USS Mississinewa
Eighty years ago today, on 20th November 1944, the Pacific theatre of World War II witnessed an unprecedented event: the first successful Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine attack. We’ve all heard of kamikaze attacks in aircraft – but the suicide submarines go largely unremembered today. This little known incident unfolded at Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline…
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