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Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! (Part 3)
The final part of the document that was written by Rev. Owen Spencer Watkins who first witnessed the horror of Gas Warfare in WWI.
Biggles
Jan 139 min read
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! (Part 2)
The next part of our journey will see the continuing translation of the document and a focus on the personal defence of the Soldier...
Biggles
Sep 28, 20247 min read
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! (Part 1)
Blinded: These British soldiers' eyes were burned in a mustard gas attack in the French town of Bethune in April 1918. Before War Poet,...
Biggles
Apr 13, 202410 min read
Healthy Choices For The Master Race
Investigate the anti-smoking movement in Nazi Germany and how it didn't apply to everyone...
Biggles
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Anime At The Enemy
Explore the Japanese Propaganda campaign directed against the Australian and Allied soldiers in the Pacific War.
Biggles
Nov 5, 20226 min read
Rocket Science...
One might need a Rocket Scientist to unravel this unbelievable story that has more tangents than a trigonometry exam. Luckily we have...
Biggles
Dec 1, 20207 min read
Blut on the Hands...
How did Germany as a nation and people become accomplices to the persecution of certain people under the Third Reich? How does an average...
Biggles
Oct 31, 20204 min read
Loss of Words
Two letters have popped up on my radar connected by their intention of condolences to two families on their loss of their sons fallen in...
Biggles
Oct 4, 20202 min read
Lousy Louse
Lice... Much of a soldier’s time and attention was devoted to battling this tiny, but fearsome parasite. As many as 96 percent of Soviet...
Biggles
Sep 1, 20203 min read
Panzer Hunter
The Seige of Sevastopol Described by Adolf Hitler as an 'unsinkable Aircraft Carrier' the Soviet naval base at Sevastopol was one of the...
Biggles
Jul 30, 20203 min read
A Stumbling Block In The Way Of Tyranny...
If you go traveling down Linzer Bundesstraße 58 in Salzburg, Austria you will literally stumble across this 'stumbling block'.
Biggles
Jun 19, 20207 min read
Tenancy Problems...
A tenancy disagreement highlights post-war Germany coming to grips with its past.
Biggles
May 9, 20203 min read
Hitler's Air Force Zero
During his time as leader of Germany, Adolf Hitler used several planes as his personal transport. Hitler obtained his first private...
Biggles
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Home and Away
While sorting through some old letters from an ANZAC Soldier stationed in the U.K. during the First World War I discovered some fragile...
Biggles
Mar 22, 20201 min read
The Last P.O.W (Part 3: The Will To Survive)
Find Part One of 'The Last P.O.W.' here... https://www.tallyhochap.com/post/the-last-p-o-w-part-1-the-molding-of-a-ranger Find Part Two...
Biggles
Mar 1, 20207 min read
General Macarthur Leaving Japan - 1951
These photos show American General Douglas Macarthur leaving Japan in 1951, the images were taken in April 1951 at Haneda Air Base in Tokyo.
scottbest150
Feb 24, 20201 min read
Letter by Mayor Department - Dresden
This letter is from the Mayor's office in Dresden, it is related to a German SS soldier named Wilhelm Kracht who was killed in action in...
scottbest150
Feb 24, 20201 min read
NSDAP Headquarters Internal Document
This is an internal document from the Headquarters of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) in Munich. In 1930 the NSDAP...
scottbest150
Jan 26, 20201 min read
Letter by Secretary of Hermann Goring
This is an original letter from the office of Hermann Goring, personally hand signed by his secretary and consultant Ursula Grundtmann....
scottbest150
Jan 25, 20201 min read
The Last P.O.W. (Part 2: The Korean War and Operation Virginia 1)
Find Part One of 'The Last P.O.W.' here... https://www.tallyhochap.com/post/the-last-p-o-w-part-1-the-molding-of-a-ranger In this part...
Biggles
Jan 15, 202011 min read
Feldpost From SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Adjutant of Julius Streicher
This feldpost letter was written by Alios Kalsch, who was the former adjutant of Jew hater and agitator Julius Streicher. Alois Kalsch...
scottbest150
Dec 31, 20194 min read
The Last P.O.W. (Part 1: The Molding of a Ranger)
This is a story about a man that you wouldn't have had heard of before and in fact if you go to this man's grave site in Saint Josephs...
Biggles
Dec 29, 201913 min read
What drives a soldier to be an author?
While the final motivations that drive a veteran to write of their experiences and have them published must be as varied as human nature...
colfoleyauthor
Dec 17, 20192 min read
Letter from Rudolf Hess's widow-1976
This letter was written by Ilse Hess, the widow of Rudolf Hess, in 1976. In 1955 Ilse Hess opened a guest house at the Gailenberg in...
scottbest150
Oct 21, 20192 min read
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