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SPECIAL OFFER

We are now delighted to be able to offer visitors to this website three complete volumes of Wartime News at a very special price of £9.99 per volume. These are 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions. There are many outstanding accounts written by the veterans from each of the services including the Women's Land Army, Home Guard, and even children's memories from that period.

Click on the links below:

WARTIME NEWS 2009

WARTIME NEWS 2010

Correspondence address:

Wartime News

PO Box 1939

Bournemouth BH1 1WT

Email:

wartime@wartimenews.co.uk

Wartime News was launched in 1995, following the 50th Anniversary of D-Day in which its Editor, Marilyn Ward, was the Co-ordinator in Dorset. In 1944, some 1.5m servicemen were based in southern England for Operation Overlord - the planned assault on the Normandy beaches. In the build-up to the Anniversary a simple newsletter was conceived to encourage visitors to the area and to highlight the role that many veterans played in the campaign. Much took place here with men of the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions ready to mount the attack along with the US 1st Infantry Division, the Canadian Army and countless British Divisions of enormous proportions along with a massive naval fleet, ready to stage the attack.

Once the commemorations were over, many veterans and their Associations wrote asking why did the newsletter have to end as stories from the veterans were still flowing in.

This was the background to Wartime News, remarkable stories of bravery, tragedy or light humour, recalled through the pens of the veterans from each of the forces, including the WAAFS, Wrens, Home Guard and the children. The first edition was published in October 1995 and a total of 66 editions of Wartime News were produced to November 2011.

These are the veterans stories, most previously unpublished, and is a testament to their new found skills and determination against a ruthless enemy determined to conquer Europe.

The story of WWII from those who were there!

Wartime News was produced four times per year from 1995 to 2011

(Limited back numbers still available)