by Luke Hudman | Jul 29, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
This week’s #ForgottenFriday looks at the life of POW before and after the Geneva Convention The convention aimed to codify the status and respected treatment of POWs and laid down rules on the conditions in which prisoners should be captured and interned,...
by edencamp | Jul 8, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
With the start of the Second World War came Operation Pied Piper. This was the plan to evacuate civilians from cities and other areas that were at high risk of being bombed or becoming a battlefield in the event of an invasion. The country was split into three types...
by edencamp | Jul 5, 2022 | Blog
A brief history of our M50 Sherman Tank – “MOTHER” – from 1942 to 2019 1942 (original specification) Using Mother’s serial number, 16565, we can positively identify her as a M4A4 Sherman built by Chrysler in November 1942 at the Chrysler Defence Arsenal....
