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CNN Films to broadcast “Why We Dream” documentary about veterans returning to Normandy

Alastair — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:21:03 +0000

CNN Films has acquired the documentary feature Why We Dream, which follows a group of centenarian WWII veterans as they make a pilgrimage to Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Directed by Meredith Danluck and produced by Delta Air Lines’ Window Seat Studios, in partnership with Pulse Films, the film will premiere in […]

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The Wellington Quarry tunnels under Arras

Alastair — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:37:12 +0000

The Wellington Quarry, or Carrière Wellington, is a World War I memorial, museum and battlefield site, in, or rather under, the streets of Arras in Pas-de-Calais, France. It played a significant role in hiding thousands of British & Commonwealth troops for weeks before unleashing them in a major assault on German lines in April 1917. […]

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Bullecourt 1917 Museum, Pas-de-Calais

Alastair — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:12:59 +0000

The ‘Bullecourt 1917, Jean & Denise Letaille Museum’, to give it its full name, is the home of an evocative collection of WW1 artefacts collected and preserved by Bullecourt farmer and former mayor, Jean Letaille and his wife Denise. Jean had been finding battlefield relics in his fields for years. In fact, everyone did. In […]

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La Forteresse de Mimoyecques V3 Museum, Pas-de-Calais

Alastair — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:22:33 +0000

The huge World War II underground site in a clay quarry at Mimoyecques was the secret location intended for several batteries of German ultra long range superguns, Hitler’s V3 weapon, aimed at London. The V-Weapon Programme The Third Reich’s propaganda ministry first mentioned a sinister programme of Vergeltungs-Waffen (retaliation weapons) in June 1944, as the […]

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Review: Bocage Breakout Museum, Normandy

Alastair — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:09:04 +0000

It’s proper name, in French, is La Musée de la Percée du Bocage, which they themselves translate into the ‘British Breakout from Normandy Museum’. In our guidebook, we call it the ‘Bocage Breakout Museum’, which I think is a simpler name. The museum, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year (2004), is located on the […]

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Review: Memorial Pegasus, Normandy

Alastair — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:53:25 +0000

Most people know that the famous airborne glider attack on Pegasus Bridge just after midnight on 6th June 1944 marked the start of D-Day, but I suspect many are a little confused about where exactly this dramatic action took place. At the east end of the landing beaches in Normandy, lies the town of Ouistreham […]

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The mystery piece of wreckage from HMS Campbeltown in Saint-Nazaire

Alastair — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:40:20 +0000

A piece of wreckage, thought to be from HMS Campbeltown was discovered in 2020 on the seabed and is now awaiting a new home. Other Saint-Nazaire Posts Operation Chariot Battlefield Trail in Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire Mystery Wreckage Submarine Espadon – Museum Ship EOL Centre éolien – Learning Centre Écomusée – Industrial Heritage Museum Escal’Atlantic – Transatlantic […]

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Saint-Nazaire – The Operation Chariot Trail

Alastair — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:51:59 +0000

On 28 March 1942, the Royal Navy and British Commandos attacked the docks at Saint-Nazaire in what became known as ‘The Greatest Raid of All’. The targets of the amphibious assault, Operation Chariot, and the key locations of the onshore skirmishes are still there, and Saint-Nazaire Tourisme has created a battlefield trail for visitors interested […]

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Battle of Agincourt Museum

Alastair — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:01:02 +0000

The Battle of Agincourt Museum, or le ‘Centre Azincourt 1415’ as it is officially named, was redesigned, expanded and improved, a couple of years ago. It is now a centre of discovery and learning for all age groups with a mission to explain the background and events of October 1415 in as much detail as […]

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Protection extended to Civil War Battlefield sites in Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia

Alastair — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:24:34 +0000

Last week the U.S. National Park Service announced $2,208,110 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program to protect 169.03 acres of America’s Civil War battlefields. Unlike the UK, where so many of our battlefield sites are already lost to history, or under threat from developers (See Battlefield Watch), the Americans put enormous effort and […]

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