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15th December, 2015 in Military
The secret history of signals intelligence
Signals intelligence, or SIGINT, is the interception and evaluation of coded enemy messages. From Enigma to Ultra, Purple to Lorenz, Room 40 to Bletchley, SIGINT has been instrumental in both victory and defeat during the First and Second World War. The war in Europe was shaped a…
15th December, 2015 in Military, Society & Culture
Artists of the Second World War
During the Second World War, British artists produced over 6,000 works of war art, venturing closer to the front line than any others in their profession. Men who had previously made a comfortable living painting in studios were transformed by military uniforms and expe…
14th December, 2015 in Biography & Memoir, Military
CSM Stanley Hollis VC: D-Day hero
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…
14th December, 2015 in Military
The Falls Curfew: Reassessing the past
On 3 July 1970 at approximately 4:30 p.m. a mixed patrol of British Army soldiers and RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) pulled up to No 24 Balkan Street, in the Lower Falls in West Belfast. They were acting on a tip off from a ‘concerned resident’ about a stash of weapons hidden in…
14th December, 2015 in History, Military
The 1916 Easter Rising
At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the slogan ‘England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity’ became synonymous among Irish nationalists and became the driving force behind physical force nationalism in Ireland during the first half of the twentieth century. W…