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Tom Garner

    Tom Garner

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    • Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Features Editor for History of War Magazine Freelance Journalist f... moreedit
    Article detailing the events of Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War.
    History of Ireland during the 19th Century covering events such as the 1801 Act of Union, Catholic Emancipation, the Great Famine, Land War, emigration and Fenianism.
    2023 interview with Holocaust survivor Ivor Perl.
    Short biography of Lucrezia Borgia.
    Overview of the Allied invasion of Sicily during WWII.
    History of the Battle of Tewkesbury during the Wars of the Roses.
    History of the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War.
    History of the Battle of Dublin during the Irish Civil War.
    History of the French Air Force's American volunteer squadron during World War One.
    History of Poland's highest military decoration
    Details of the medals Winston Churchill was awarded before WWII.
    Article explaining the different medals that Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson wore during the Battle of Trafalgar.
    Article commemorating the 60th anniversary of the premiere of 'Oh! What a Lovely War' at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London in March 1963. Interview with Eleanor Dickens, Curator at the British Library.
    Article on the original furniture used by Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee to end the American Civil War.
    Interview with Jamaican WWII veteran and singer Allan Wilmot who served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as well as being one of the first members of the 'Windrush Generation' who emigrated to the United Kingdom.
    Article about Boudica, Queen of the Iceni who revolted against Roman rule in Britain in the 1st Century CE.
    Opinion piece by Tom Garner (Features Editor: History of War Magazine) about what it is like to interview veterans and survivors from the Second World War and other conflicts
    Interview with historian and journalist Tom Standage on the history of cars and their future
    Technical details about the British helicopter
    Technical details about the British helicopter
    Technical details about the Soviet-era helicopter
    Technical details about the British armoured personnel carrier
    Technical details about the Nazi German dive bomber
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    Technical details about the Nazi jet fighter-bomber aircraft
    Technical details about the American combat aircraft
    Technical details about the British armoured personnel carrier
    Technical details about the Soviet-era helicopter
    Technical details about the American helicopter
    The world's first practicable guided missile
    A battlefield surgical tool used during the First English Civil War
    An artefact from one of Adolf Hitler's military headquarters
    A gun camera from the Second World War
    A fine example of a medieval European knight's spur
    The lamp used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War
    The coconut that helped save John F. Kennedy during WWII
    Technological history of a unique piece of military technology
    Armour worn by Henry VIII of England during the 1540s
    Article detailing the technical details of HMS Belfast
    A French Army modified scooter used during the 1950s
    Article about the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War
    Article detailing inventions and current weapons and equipment within the Swiss Armed Forces
    Article about the various military weapons and technological innovations that were developed during the Mexican-American War
    Article detailing Norman knights, archers and their weapons
    Article about Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander during the First English Civil War.
    Article about innovations in medicine, journalism, cuisine and literature that were developed during the Crimean War.
    Interview with American Vietnam War veteran Jack Estes
    Interview with Pete Shaw, an American WWII veteran who saw combat in Europe.
    Interview with Allan Wilmot, a Jamaican WWII veteran who served in both the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
    Interview with Mervyn Kersh, a British Jewish WWII veteran who fought in Europe during WWII
    Article about the last major battle of the British Civil Wars.

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