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Before and After
D-Day was the pivotal turning point of the Second World War. The assault on the beaches of Normandy was an astounding feat of logistical prowess, technological innovation and heroism. Allied Command secretly planned an invasion of unprecedented scale by sea and air, which saw the tide of the war shift irrevocably. Following the landing, over a million men, alongside vehicles, ammunition and equipment were coming ashore, all to support the bloody campaign to liberate Europe. A story of ingenuity and devastating loss of life, the moving history of D-Day – its impact and its cost – is captured here in vivid detail. Compiled from the Mirrorpix archives, this collection charts the planning, action and aftermath of Operation Overlord, with a foreword by Philip Hamlyn Williams.
5th June, 2019 in Military
A story of ingenuity and devastating loss of life, the moving history of D-Day – its impact and its cost – is captured here on film in vivid detail. Compiled from the Mirrorpix archives, this collection charts the detailed preparation, the brave action and the enduring after…
5th June, 2019 in Military
On 6 June 1944, 168,000 Allied troops stormed ashore on the beaches of Normandy to begin the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe, supported by 12,000 aircraft and nearly 7,000 ships. The invasion plan, initially codenamed Overlord and then designated Neptune and a dozen other subo…
20th June, 2018 in Military, Transport & Industry
Anything from socks to eighteen inch guns was the business of Ordnance Services in World War One; in World War Two the socks were still there, but the emphasis had moved from massive static guns to mobile armour. Bomber Command had taken over the business of carrying tons of expl…
6th June, 2018
On 1 July 1918 an horrific explosion tore through the mixing house at the shell filling factory at Chilwell killing at least 130 men and women and injuring many more. The mass grave where the remains of most of the victims of the explosion are buried (there are some disputes as t…
8th March, 2018 in Aviation, Biography & Memoir, Military, Women in History
Stella Rutter was the only female draughtswoman working at the Vickers-Supermarine Aircraft Company during World War II. Her artistic and creative talents led to a very interesting career and some unique wartime experiences in what was a very male-dominated environment and line o…
11th April, 2017 in Local & Family History, Military
Exercise Tiger was the code name for one in a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon. Slapton’s unspoiled beach of gravel, fronting a shallow freshwater ley and backed by grassy lands seemed pe…
15th December, 2015 in Military
In the early hours of 6 June 1944, 20,000 British and American airborne soldiers descended by parachute and glider in the areas of Ranville and St Mère & Église in Normandy. Employing 1,200 transport aircraft and 188 gliders, this was the largest airborne landing executed to…
14th December, 2015 in Biography & Memoir, Military
Middlesbrough-born Stanley Hollis, the only man to win a Victoria Cross (VC) on D-Day, should have been the most famous soldier of World War II – but his natural modesty got in the way! The superb soldier and leader of men, who was uniquely recommended twice for the VC in bl…
