Tag: Nazi Germany

Russia: Soviet Red Army [1941] Moscow March-Past Remembered! (5.11.2023)

On June 22nd, 1941, Nazi Germany (an its Catholic allies) launched a devastating ‘scorched earth’ invasion of the Western USSR – determined to wipe-out the Slavic-race and eliminate the Socialist ideology from the planet! Stalin also mentions that the only ally the Soviet union had at the time is the ‘United Kingdom’ – a small island situated just of off Western Europe! Stalin points-out that if such a small island (and its people) can hold-out this long with NO allies (nearly two-years) – then so can the Soviet Union if the people follow this example of collective resistance! Most of the men and women you see here – marched straight to their deaths – and they did this so that you and me could live freely without the fear of fascism!

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Veteran Star Medal: Alfred Gregory Wyles – WWII British Army Service [1940-1946]! (4.11.2023)

Although he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment – famous for its ‘Last Stand’ at Dunkirk – due to his ‘sharp-shooting’ ability he was soon transferred to the 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion (the ‘Light Bobs’) of the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Army) where he was placed in an Anti-Tank Platoon. During D-Day, the ‘Light Bobs’ landed in the first-waves of Allied troops that hit ‘Sword Beach’. His Unit was tasked with fighting their way in-land ten-miles to Caen – where it was to relieve D Company of the Ox & Bucks Ligyt Infantry (Professional) – which had landed as ‘Glider Troops’ around midnight of June 6th, 1944. Due to these required military objectives – my grandfather trained with the Glider Troops around the Exeter Canal System – which resembled the canal system around Caen. Indeed, this association has sometimes ‘confused’ exactly what function my grandfather fulfilled due to him possessing a ‘Winged Pegasus’ badge!

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Imperial War Museum: How a WWII British Anderson Shelter Saved the Lives of My Family! (26.10.2023)

There were different types of government-provided air-raid shelters issued during WWII. However, the version depicted here – is very close to that issued to my mother’s family (surnamed ‘Gibson’) who lived in Lewisham, South London. During September, 1940, the Nazi Germany ‘Luftwaffe’ blanket-bombed East London and killed and wound thousands of British people. During the entire 18-months of the ‘Blitz’ – the Luftwaffe inflicted 40,000 casualties in London and 70,000 all across the UK! My family lived in a three-storied house in Fordyce Road – with a generation living on each floor.

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How the Imperial War Museum Relegated the “Black Experience” of WWII to a Back Corridor! (26.10.2023)

When we entered a back corridor – slightly disheartened by the shallowness of the IWM coverage of WWII from an ordinary British and Chinese perspective – we were astonished to find that a ‘Black’ British art exhibition – regarding WWII – had been consigned to an ‘out of the way’ place! The corridor is both bare and bleak – the sort of place one (momentarily) traverses through to get to another place – or perhaps rest for a moment to get one’s bearings. In no civilised way should this location be interpreted as ‘suitable’ for an art exhibition – as it reeks with Eurocentric disdain! Such is the contemporary IWM and the disjointed face it shows to a general public it intends to fleece in its gift shops!

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WWII: My Tribute to the Excellent British ‘Home Guard’ (LDVF) and Some of My Published Work! (6.10.2023)

My maternal (‘Gibson’) family used to live in Lewisham, East London – until they were bombed-out by Hitler during the Blitz of September 1940 (the Blitz would go on to kill 70,000 British people between 1940-1941 – with 40,000 deaths in London alone). The Gibson family were then evacuated to the ‘Forest Hill’ area of Oxfordshire – due to them having a ‘nephew’ living in the area. In 1983, a book focusing on local history was commissioned entitled ‘Forest Hill with Shotover – A Portrait (1983)’. This was published by the ‘Forest Hill Women’s Association’. The Story of my grandfather – Arthur Gibson – and his family arriving in the area is recorded on Pages 28-29

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ALEXANDER WERTH: BATTLE OF STALINGRAD – Red Army Strikes Back [PART IV]! (4.10.2023)

This article recaps the horrors of Nazi Germany’s brutality during the Battle of Stalingrad based on the experiences of fluent Russian speaker and BBC journalist, Alexander Werth. Werth’s unique access allowed him an unprecedented look at this deadly event. The article details the participating nations’ forces, backed by the Catholic Church and the Trotskyite Movement, in the invasion of the USSR from 1941-1945. It emphasizes the devastating costs of the battle, with around 41 million Soviet casualties including 27 million deaths. Furthermore, during the peak of the Battle of Stalingrad, Nazi Germans relentlessly launched approximately 40 attacks per day.

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