Germany

Light Blue Ulstermen

An official of the Embassy visited Hugh at his Newtownabbey home with an itinerary of Nagasaki visits and...

Diary of a Cherrypicker

Soon our Colonel Bill Wainman arrived and he was invited to light the Sqdn's vast bonfire, and...

The Simple Faith of a Prisoner of War

This story is based on a diary my father kept whilst a Prisoner of War in Germany. Desmond Stephenson, Deb...

Sid’s Story - Finale

Continuing from Sid's Story Part 4 he says "We moved from this place into an orchard because the...

Just Another Story - Chapter 6: Llamsdorf and Beyond

Much to our surprise we received hot soup from ladies who were the equivalent of the W.V.S. and we were...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 27: Itzehoe to Essdorf tank barracks to Hamburg

When she sang "Unter den roten Laterne von Saint Pauli", fixing her gaze up at Butch he was...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 8

They told us that these bastards, the Germans, had turned their guns on British troops and they were now...

Advance Towards Bremen

On another occasion we were heading towards a town called Xanton, once on the outskirts we bgan the...

The Unexpected can be overcome

The route for the operation that night was laid out by a red tape and to our dismay we saw that it...

Dunkirk to Auschwitz and Home

We were here for about 14 months until late December 1944 when the Russians had started breaking through...

Prisoner of War

It was the summer of 1938 and all the talk those days was would Germany try to grab extra land to help...

Leonard's Diary

March 16th there are Xmas parcels, getting them issued tomorrow, we have 50 cigs tonight, everyone is...

Working with the German Navy (Part 3 of 3)

However it was a rule that the German officers had to salute the British officers. I was horrified one day...

Post-War Memories of a German Child in the Russian Occupied Zone

Overnight Russian was made a compulsary language, but there were no competent teachers; they were still...

A R.A.F. Barber - Romance and Marriage in Occupied Germany by Bill Stafford

Edna left for the wedding from my good friend Herr Voigt's Home. She was dressed in a lovely white...

A Rhodesian Pilot's Story - Chapter 3 - Escape Attempts

Because of the tying-up episode, the Germans had to take reprisals, so the RAF in Stalag VIII B were...

Captured While Defending Dunkirk - Wally's Story

The march As they were marched through Lille in Belgium, a cockney female voice called out to Wally from...

Richard Bradley, Escape from Stalag VIIIB, Part 2 - Prisoner of War

On Easter Saturday we were taken to Rennes by hospital train and landed in a French prisoner of war camp....

Winged Chariots -Part 9: The Long Walk

The prisoners were marched out, little knowing that the ordeal would last for the next 21 days before...

1944-1946. A Conscript's Story Continued

Caen was really bad and after that the Falaise Gap was really choked with knocked out German armour, dead...

The Life and Love of a British P.O.W, Germany, 1940 -1945

The Danish Red Cross worker's best friend, called Gunver von Born, was also a Danish Red Cross worker,...

Richard Bradley, Escape from Stalag VIIIB, Part 3 - First bid for freedom

Alf said to me, “Dick, with your knowledge of Southern Germany, and the language, there is no reason...

In Memory of Uncle Pat

Pat's mother, Eleanor got hers. "we regret to inform you that your son, flight engineer, Sgt...

An Experience to Remember

Following the rout of the German army at the Falaise Gap, where the fleeing columns were mercilessly...

WWII Memories in Brief

This man gave me a huge breakfast after which he put me in his own bed. I was awakened by the arrival...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 22.1

2000 - Tea or cocoa made in room from Red X parcels, bread, butter and jam, 1 biscuit and cheese. The...