In January of 1940 Churchill stated: The magnetic mine, and all the other mines with which the narrow waters, the approaches to this Island [Britain],
Read MoreImagine you are sent to Malta as an RMS (‘Rendering Mines Safe’) and Minesweeping maintenance officer while war rages on. You are told that the
Read MoreIn February 1941, the 1st Battalion of the Royal Hampshire Regiment in Marsa Matruh was busy signboarding mine-fields and barricading pillboxes as they prepared to
Read MoreThe ordeal of the air attacks over Malta in March and April of 1942 continued in subsequent months. At the same time, the lastingness of
Read MoreSbieħ il-Għid, f’dawl ta’ qamar mimli, is-sireni ħabbru l-wasla tal-Ġermaniżi fuqna fil-ħdax ta’ billejl. Minn dak il-ħin sas-sitta ta’ filgħodu, straħna nofs siegħa biss. F’xi l-għaxra
Read MoreSix black horses silently strode through London on the 11th of November, 1920. Thousands gazed at their gun, limbered, making its way through cobbled streets.
Read More“Incredibly, surrounded by death and destruction, the young boys played war. Each street they would form their own “regiment,” and each regiment would have a
Read MoreApril 28th, 1941, 22 days before the German invasion of Crete, the war office sends the following message to the middle east command. Communicating secret
Read MoreWhen writing about war it is very easy to describe losses in numbers. Perhaps, ships sunk or aircraft shot out of the sky. We might
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