by Evelyn | Jul 27, 2020 | 2nd World War
by Evelyn McKechnie At 11.15 BST on 3rd September 1939, the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced that the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland had expired. Britain and France were now at war with Germany. Objectives of German...
by Evelyn | Apr 26, 2020 | 2nd World War, Normandy 1944
by Evelyn McKechnie The greatest sea-borne landing exercise in the world and the Liberation of France. “I came back to see you all” At my uncle’s grave in Hermanville War Cemetery, Normandy In 2004, I was in Normandy for the very first time, to pay respect at...