Walking the Battlefields

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Thursday, 14 May 2026

The Fall of Singapore (February 1942)

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 Earlier this year my wife and I spent a few days in Singapore on the beautiful resort island of Sentosa, which is linked to the mainland by...
Sunday, 3 May 2026

The Woodspring Bay Wrecks (1944) - The Sequel

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 A couple of years ago I spent a fascinating few hours with three farming friends in the village of Kingston Seymour on the North Somerset c...
Thursday, 23 April 2026

Divine Wind - the Chiran Kamikaze Army Base, Japan (1945)

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 Last month my wife and I spent a week in Japan, and one of our ports-of-call was Kigoshima on the island of Kyushu. I took the opportunity ...
Tuesday, 14 April 2026

The Mystery of Birnbeck Pier's Missing 'Wheezers and Dodgers' Plaque (1949)

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A while ago I was sent a photograph of a missing plaque which, I was told, used to hang in one of the buildings on Birnbeck Island, Weston-s...
Monday, 30 March 2026

The last helicopter out of Saigon (April 1975)

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 It must be twenty years since my wife and I were last in Ho Chi Min City. Since then much has changed - the bicycles have been replaced by ...
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