D-Day: Pointe du Hoc | History Geek

June 6, 2018 / First Night Design / 1 Comment

Originally posted on First Night History:
The prominent heights of Pointe du Hoc on the Normandy coast were the scene of a desperate battle during the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944. The strategic promontory overlooks Utah Beach to the wes… Source: D-Day: Pointe du Hoc | History Geek

D-Day | In Times Gone By…

June 5, 2017 / First Night Design / 2 Comments

This image – from the 6th of June, 1944 – shows British troops taking part in the iconic Normandy landings of the Second World War. Some 156 000 troops from more than a dozen nations to… Source: D-Day | In Times Gone By…

D-Day: Pointe du Hoc | History Geek

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 / First Night Design / 2 Comments

The prominent heights of Pointe du Hoc on the Normandy coast were the scene of a desperate battle during the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944. The strategic promontory overlooks Utah Beach to the wes… Source: D-Day: Pointe du Hoc | History Geek

Then And Now: Photos Of D-Day Landings (Part 2)

June 11, 2014June 11, 2014 / First Night Design / 2 Comments

Originally posted on Ahmad Ali JetPlane:
On June 6, 1944, allied soldiers descended on the beaches of Normandy for D-Day – an operation that turned the tide of the Second World War against the Nazis, marking the beginning of the end of the conflict. Today, as many around the world prepare to commemorate the 70th…

D-Day veterans: The last voices of the longest day – History – Life & Style – The Independent

June 1, 2014 / First Night Design / 1 Comment

Re-blogged from The Independent. Today is D-Day plus 25,565. The pivotal Western European battle of the Second World War is about to pass over the horizon of living memory. Of the 61,000 British soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy 70 years ago this Friday, fewer than 500 are still alive. The ranks of the 130,000 … Continue reading D-Day veterans: The last voices of the longest day – History – Life & Style – The Independent

Britain is no country for old men: Britain is no country for a very old Second World War spitfire pilot called Flight Lieutenant Edmund James

November 22, 2020 / First Night Design

Edmund, who is 98 years old, is one of the last remaining fighter pilots from the Second World War. While, at the age of 17, he was too young to fight in the Battle of Britain, Edmund enlisted in the RAF and joined 93 Squadron and based at Biggin Hill he saw action over British … Continue reading Britain is no country for old men: Britain is no country for a very old Second World War spitfire pilot called Flight Lieutenant Edmund James

VE Day 75 – Remembering the meteorologists of WW2 | Royal Meteorological Society

May 7, 2020 / First Night Design

One of the world’s most important weather forecasts ever made was during the Second World War. Meteorologist, Group Captain James Stagg (attached to the Royal Air Force) persuaded General Eisenhower to change the date of the Allied invasion of Europe from the 5th to the 6th of June 1944 – D-Day. Weather also played a key … Continue reading VE Day 75 – Remembering the meteorologists of WW2 | Royal Meteorological Society

PLUTO Pump-houses at Shanklin, Isle of Wight

May 28, 2018 / First Night Design / 2 Comments

In 1942, in preparation for D-Day, the crucial issue of fuel supply for the tanks and vehicles of the Allied forces became a vital consideration for the military staff, charged with the planning of the landings in Normandy and the subsequent advance through France. It was realised that a reliance on oil tankers might bring … Continue reading PLUTO Pump-houses at Shanklin, Isle of Wight

The History Girls: The Personal and the Political, by H.M. Castor

June 13, 2014June 12, 2014 / First Night Design / 2 Comments

Tucked away at the end of a platform at Bristol Temple Meads railways station, there are some photographs taken by Mark Perham (for a project called ‘Reverberations’ ) of people who work, or have worked, at the station. When I spotted them the other day, as I waited for a train, they moved me; they … Continue reading The History Girls: The Personal and the Political, by H.M. Castor