This is probably the most powerful story I ever heard from Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History on WW1. Crazy to think, it’s one example of thousands.

“We had a tender hearted Lance Corporal named Baxter. He was the man to boil up a special…

The Glory of the Trenches by author Coningsby Dawson

This is a tough story to read. It is as ambivalent as I can be reading this. There is something heroic and horrifying here, brave, incredible and yet so needless. I invite you to read this exert:

This is from the incredible Autobiography ‘First light’ by Geoffrey Wellum. It’s an amazing account of being 18 years old and thrust into a Spitfire. This particular extract is from the daring breaking of the siege on Malta. They took off from Aircraft carriers which…

This is the story of a Bristol Woman from the “Coventration” of Bristol on 24th November 1940.

“Jerry is early tonight. Siren went five minutes ago. Yes, he’s here all right. Some bombs are being dropped and a fire has started already to the east of us. I’ve…

I suggest you read this here: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=30045813384 It has the full story and some pictures but ive copied the main part of the text below so you can read all in one place.