This is a channel for those who have a spare 10 minutes, but who are still after that good history fix. I try to feature lesser known stories and focus on in…
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Michael Allmand was born on the 22nd of august 1923 in Golders Green in London. At just 20 years was awarded the Victoria cross during Chindit operations in Burma. The Victoria Cross is the highest honour that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth Armed Forces for gallantry in face of the enemy.
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The task of resupplying the Paratroopers of Arnhem fell to the men of the Royal Air Force. And that is where the subject of today’s video comes in, David Lord was one of those men flying a Dakota high above the battle hoping to drop the much needed supplies to those men on the ground. Hear his incredible story in todays video.
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This is the story of J.O.E Vandeleur. As commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards, he led the breakout of XXX Corps during Operation Market Garden. Played by Michael Caine in A Bridge Too Far, Vandeleur had quite the experience during the famous Operation.
3:18590 views · 2mo ago · 3:18
For those of you who saw my short video, HMS Bulwark has been sold to Brazil for around 20 million pounds. A few of you in the comments asked for some more detail on the subject, so I thought I would do a longer video to give some more detail and context on the sale.
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