Discussion of everything and anything World War II
Where Second World War topics are discussed and debated
I am writing this on the 5th of June 2024, the eve of the 80th Anniversary of what has become known as D-Day. It was officially called Operation Overlord and should have been on the 5th of June, but poor weather conditions delayed it for a day (how very British). Ultimately, the D-Day Invasion did … Read more
So here’s another foray into the world of historical AI content creation. As before, what AI created is in italics; my intelligent input (!) is not and appears at the end. The M1 Garand: The Rifle That Armed The Allies was the title that AI came up with and led to my biggest gripe with … Read more
As AI seems to be taking over everything now, I thought I would try using it to assist with my writing. An AI tool produced much of what you will read below in a few minutes. The tool also came up with the original title. My critique highlighting some of the limitations of such tools … Read more
Imperial War Museum North A couple of weeks ago, on what promised to be a rainy day in the Northwest. I took myself off to Manchester to visit a museum I had not visited for about ten years. After visiting RThe fascinating and imposing steel structure houses the Northern iteration of the Imperial War Museum. … Read more
Market Garden Musings A question for the ages is why did September 1944’s Operation Market Garden fail. This is not going to be a definitive answer because I do not think there is one. I do not claim any new knowledge or point of view, but I have studied it in one way or another … Read more
When I first moved to North Wales and even when undertaking an MA in Military Studies, I did not realise the rich wartime history that abounded around me. I had begun listening to podcasts while walking the dog and We Have Ways was my pod of choice. This led to buying one of James Holland’s … Read more
One of the main goals when creating this site, was to open channels for debate. This post will hopefully do that by discussing war comedy TV Shows and films too. As such, my choices are those that I know but also maybe a couple that are contentious to stimulate debate. As always, the purpose is to … Read more
I have heard the Normandy Battlefield tour guide and creator of WW2TV, Paul Woodridge, discuss the Saving Private Ryan/Band of Brothers ‘effect’. This is where people on his tours only want to see where the actions in a film or series took place. His dilemma is that he wants to show people beyond what has … Read more
A pause before I began I have taken a few days to put ‘fingers to keyboard’ to write about Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell because it got me as interested as it did riled. So, this blog’s title is self-directed and aimed (with precision) at the author and me. I initially felt he was hero-worshipping … Read more
There have already been a few mentions of ‘my history’ regarding interest in the Second World War. However, another vested interest in studying it has dominated many of my thoughts this weekend. All my grandparents were alive during the war, my mother was born in 1944 and my father in 1945. My maternal grandfather was … Read more