Brian E. Walter explores the collective effort in which each of the major Allied nations played a critical role in attaining the ultimate victory against Nazi Germany in World War II, and how without these combined efforts, the Axis powers may have had the focus and strength to defeat the Soviet Army on the ground.
To mark the publication of Torpedoes, Tea and Medals this month, we asked author, Captain Chris O’Flaherty, about the writing process and his research into the fascinating life of Derek ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** RNVR – a previously little-known wartime naval hero who went from being a 16 year-old tea-trade trainee to one of only 44… Read More »Researching the life of a naval hero: Captain Chris O’Flaherty reflects on the journey of writing his new book.
To mark the publication of Torpedoes, Tea and Medals this month, we asked author, Captain Chris O’Flaherty about his passion for boats, where the idea for the book came from, and what initially appealed to him about capturing the story of Derek ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** RNVR. Read on for the first installment of Chris’s journey in discovering this little-known naval hero – a tea-trade trainee whose bravery and skill saw him become one of only 44 officers in the Second World War to receive a DSC with two Bars.
Our brilliant Trade Sales Manager relays the stories he was told as a child – about wartime North London from his father, and the harrowing tales from his mother’s childhood in Paris during the occupation. I: Father (North London) My Dad was a child in North London when the war broke out. Like many other… Read More »Casemate WWII Short Stories: A Childhood in Paris
Our wonderful Senior Marketing Executive shares two uplifting tales from WWII – one about a near-miss that saved thousands of lives and the other about the simple joy of bananas. I: During “My grandmother and grandfather talked about an air raid – it was thought at the time that the target was Ardeer Explosives Factory,… Read More »Casemate WWII Short Stories: Two Uplifting Tales
This Remembrance Day, we’ve collected a series of WWII stories from the (grand)parents of our team here at Casemate. Our Production Manager shares an exclusive, previously unpublished letter from her great-grandparents on the day Denmark was freed from German occupation. Photo and translation included! The letter was sent from my great-grandparents to their daughter and… Read More »Casemate WWII Short Stories: The Letter
This Remembrance Day, we’ve collected a series of WWII stories from the (grand)parents of our team here at Casemate. Our Publisher Ruth derives from a long lineage of military MacGyvers. Here, she tells the tale of her grandfather, who, whilst serving in the RAF, built his own tank using an old Japanese car. Our publisher… Read More »Casemate WWII Short Stories: The Man Who Built A Tank
An insight into Cold War espionage through the life of Hüseyin Yildirim, a mechanic turned Stasi spy handler. Written by Bernd von Kostka, expert and author of Capital of Spies, we’re given front-row seats to one of the deadliest duos in GDR history. In 1979, Hüseyin Yildirim was living in West Berlin and started to… Read More »The Turkish Spy Handler: Hüseyin Yildirim
An insight into Cold War espionage through the life and career of Karl-Heinz Kurras, a notorious Stasi spy. Written by expert Sven Felix Kellerhoff, this is was one of the GDR’s best kept secrets…until now. Nobody had expected his exposure as a Stasi agent. But by 2009, the time had come: around two dozen volumes… Read More »The Stasi Spy: Karl-Heinz Kurras
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