JUST A FEW TESTIMONIALS

"This collection is going to be priceless in the future - I find the stories so gripping to read" (Miss F.C. Cardiff)

"Thank you for Wartime News.

I was very interested to read all the articles and it brought back happy memories of those wartime days." - (Mrs M R of Wells, Somerset)

"What a wonderful magazine you produce!  I am full of admiration!" (Martin Sugarman, Archivist, AJEX Jewish Military Museum)

Wartime Diary

In the 16 years of publication, Wartime News has covered most of the battles, tragedies and victories of a devastating six year war.  The Dam Busters story was unique, and in the week of its 70th Anniversary, we offer four accounts of this raid by 617 Squadron.  Follow the links below to read this incredible accounts that have only appeared in Wartime News.

Breach of the Mohne Dam   

The Dam Busters by a Scampton WAAF

Aftermath by Sqn Ldr Tom Bennett DFM 617 Squadron

Operation Chastise by Robert Owen, Official Historian, 617 Squadron

From its launch in 1995, Wartime News has continued to tell the many stories of veterans following the 50th Anniversary of D-Day in 1994.  Over the following years and months, as their associations began to disband, many of their members urged that the previously untold stories which emerged after D-Day and VE-Day should continue to be told for the benefit of future generations.

Wartime News became their voice and the publication has featured personal accounts from servicemen involved in such epic battles as the North Africa campaigns, the River Plate, Greece, Italy, the sinking of the Bismarck, the Dam Busters, Pedestal, D-Day, Operation Market Garden and so many others.

None of the veterans confessed to be heroes, and this same spirit continues today in other theatres. The reminiscences came from people in all walks of life, from each of the services to the Land Army and Home Guard - all being unsung heroes and just being there at the time, playing their part for King and country.