Warfare in News

Posted on Friday 5th February

Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, has been granted European Trade Mark ownership of the title; "The Allied Air Forces Memorial" by the European Union.

Read more of their success at http://yorkshireairmuseum.org/latest-news/allied-air-forces-memorial-gains-european-recognition/

Of further interest...

Allied air power lays the foundation for the conquest of Sicily

Wed 7th August

Bryn Evans, author of With The East Surreys in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy 1942-45, looks back to 70 years ago, when Allied air forces took their revolutionary new strategy for air warfare into the invasion of Sicily. Read article...

Untold stories from the Desert Air Force – Eighth Army’s enforcer in the Second World War

Fri 16th May

From his newly released book – The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942-1945, Bryn Evans shares some edited excerpts below. Read article...

Bomber Harris

Tue 31st May

The Second Front written for Warfare Magazine by Martin Mace. Read article...

Pilots of the Caribbean

Thu 17th April

A description of the RAF Museum London's latest exhibition 'Pilots of the Caribbean' by curator Peter Devitt, delving into the stories of black volunteers across two World Wars. Read article...

Dates in History

Birth of General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate

25th June 1861

Reginald Wingate was an eminent Scottish soldier-statesman who contributed much to the development of the Sudan and Egypt during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1884, Wingate joined the expeditionary force to relieve Khartoum, which arrived two days too late, General Gordon having been murdered. As Kitchener’s Military Intelligence Officer, Wingate was instrumental in assisting Kitchener to recover Sudan from Dervish domination. As Governor-General of the Sudan, Wingate’s enlightened administration brought unprecedented political, social and economic prosperity to the Sudanese people. In the First World War, Wingate played a leading role in organising the Arab Revolt against the Turks, although it was his subordinate, T E Lawrence (of Arabia) who received the acclaim.