WW2 French Resistance on the Somme

WW2 French Resistance on the Somme

by Evelyn McKechnie During the Second World War, the skies above the Somme in France were filled with Allied bombers heading into the heart of Germany.  Flying above the old Great War western front lines, they were often hit by flak or by night fighters....
Arras – The Forgotten Battlefields of the Artois

Arras – The Forgotten Battlefields of the Artois

by Evelyn McKechnie This area of France is sometimes known as the ‘forgotten battlefields’ because Flanders and the Somme get more battlefield visitors, yet it is here on the Arras front that has over 150 British cemeteries, which bear testament to the huge losses. It...