by Mark Simmons | Jun 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Surrender of the High Seas Fleet On my wall hangs the Der Tag, poster a reminder of a by-gone age an event never to be repeated. Der Tag is German for “The Day”, the poster lists the ships in this context present on 21 November, 1918 during the surrender... by Mark Simmons | May 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Mark Simmons Spring 2026 Newsletter by Mark Simmons | Apr 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
From Grand Prix winner-SOE agent On the evening of Saturday 30 May 1942, a Handley Page Halifax of 138 Squadron took off from RAF Tempsford, near Sandy in Bedfordshire. It would have barely registered amongst all the other blips on the radar stations, or at RAF Bomber...