A writer with his head in the sky, if not the clouds.
Military & aviation history
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Alderney
For some views (both literal and pictorial) after my recent trip to the lovely island of Alderney, see my Substack here.
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Nuremberg Women
I have just finished reading The Nuremberg Women by Natalie Livingstone, since it was well reviewed. A female writer, with family grievously affected by the Holocaust, her interest in the subject is obvious. The premise is to right the wrong that the Nuremberg trials are seen to have been primarily about men prosecuting men; she…
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The Dutch remember
Just back from a trip to Belgium and the Netherlands. The Dutch never forget the sacrifices made by those who liberated their country, nor indeed the fate of their pre-war Jewish population. These three Frenchmen were members of 3/4 SAS who died in Operation Amherst, an operation to clear the Nazis from the Netherlands in…