Article detailing the events of Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War.
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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.
Research Interests: History, European History, European Studies, Irish Studies, American Studies, and 9 moreEducation, British History, British Imperial & Commonwelath History - 19th & 20th century, Food and Nutrition, Irish History, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 19th Century (History), British and Irish History, and Ireland
2023 interview with Holocaust survivor Ivor Perl.
Research Interests: History, European History, European Studies, Education, Jewish Studies, and 13 moreWar Studies, Eastern European history, Jewish History, History of Hungary, Second World War, Holocaust Studies, Social History, 20th Century, Modern Jewish History, Second World War (History), Holocaust, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Hungary
Short biography of Lucrezia Borgia.
Research Interests: History, European History, Education, Women's Studies, Renaissance History, and 13 moreWomen's History, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance, World History, Papacy (Medieval Church History), Women, 16th Century (History), History of Roman Catholicism, Church History, European Union Politics, Italy, Catholic Church, and 15th Century
Overview of the Allied invasion of Sicily during WWII.
Research Interests: History, American History, European History, Military History, Modern History, and 15 moreEuropean Studies, Education, Italian (European History), Italian Studies, British History, War Studies, World History, Second World War, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), World War II, 20th Century, Second World War (History), Military, Italy, and Sicily
History of the Battle of Tewkesbury during the Wars of the Roses.
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, European Studies, Education, and 13 moreWestern Europe, Late Middle Ages, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, War Studies, English History, World History, Late Medieval English History, Medieval England, 15th century England, Military, Middle Ages, and Western European History
History of the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War.
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History of the Battle of Dublin during the Irish Civil War.
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, European Studies, Irish Studies, and 15 moreEducation, Western Europe, War Studies, Irish Politics, Irish History, Modern Ireland, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 20th century (History), Military and Politics, British and Irish History, Ireland, Irish military history, Dublin, Modern Irish History, and Western European History
History of the French Air Force's American volunteer squadron during World War One.
Research Interests: History, American History, European History, Military History, European Studies, and 14 moreAmerican Studies, Education, Western Europe, French History, War Studies, Aviation, 20th century France, World War I, First World War, United States History, France, United States, Historical Studies, and Western European History
History of Poland's highest military decoration
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Details of the medals Winston Churchill was awarded before WWII.
Research Interests: History, Military History, Cultural History, Archaeology, Education, and 11 moreHistorical Archaeology, British History, War Studies, Politics, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 20th century (History), Military and Politics, 20th Century, Medals, Historical medals, and Winston Churchill
Article explaining the different medals that Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson wore during the Battle of Trafalgar.
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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.
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Article on the original furniture used by Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee to end the American Civil War.
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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.
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Article about Boudica, Queen of the Iceni who revolted against Roman rule in Britain in the 1st Century CE.
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Military History, Classical Archaeology, Classics, and 15 moreEducation, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Celtic Studies, British History, War Studies, Gender, Feminism, Imperial Rome, Roman military archaeology, Roman military history, Women's Empowerment, Historical Studies, Ancient Studies, and Roman Archaeology
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
Research Interests: History, Military History, Cultural History, Sociology, Communication, and 14 moreEducation, Journalism, British History, War Studies, Second World War, Vietnam War, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Social History, World War II, 20th Century, Korean War, Veterans, Journalism And Mass communication, and Journalism and Media Studies
Interview with historian and journalist Tom Standage on the history of cars and their future
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Technical details about the British helicopter
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Technical details about the British helicopter
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Technical details about the Soviet-era helicopter
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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 American helicopter
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The world's first practicable guided missile
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A battlefield surgical tool used during the First English Civil War
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An artefact from one of Adolf Hitler's military headquarters
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A gun camera from the Second World War
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A fine example of a medieval European knight's spur
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The lamp used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War
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The coconut that helped save John F. Kennedy during WWII
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Technological history of a unique piece of military technology
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Armour worn by Henry VIII of England during the 1540s
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Article detailing the technical details of HMS Belfast
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A French Army modified scooter used during the 1950s
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Article about the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War
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Article detailing inventions and current weapons and equipment within the Swiss Armed Forces
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Article about the various military weapons and technological innovations that were developed during the Mexican-American War
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Article detailing Norman knights, archers and their weapons
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Article about Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander during the First English Civil War.
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Article about innovations in medicine, journalism, cuisine and literature that were developed during the Crimean War.
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Interview with American Vietnam War veteran Jack Estes
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Interview with Pete Shaw, an American WWII veteran who saw combat in Europe.
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Interview with Allan Wilmot, a Jamaican WWII veteran who served in both the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
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Interview with Mervyn Kersh, a British Jewish WWII veteran who fought in Europe during WWII
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Article about the last major battle of the British Civil Wars.
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Interview with Joseph Ashitey Hammond, one of the last surviving Ghanaian WWII veterans who fought against the Japanese while serving in the British 14th Army.
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Interview with Alec Borrie, one of the last surviving SAS veterans from WWII.
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Interview with Robert Wood Johnson, US Ambassador to Great Britain, about the legacy of the Normandy Campaign on British-American relations to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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Interview with WWII veteran and RAF fighter ace Allan Scott about his experiences during the Battle of Britain and Siege of Malta.
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Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Field MBE (Retd.) discusses the Battle of Quatre Bras during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Historian and broadcaster Michael Wood discusses the legacy of the Peterloo Massacre on its 200th anniversary.
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Interview with broadcaster Peter Taylor on the legacy of the Troubles
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MP's from the British House of Commons discuss their predecessors who who were killed during WWI.
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David Willey, Curator of the Tank Museum discusses the role of the Panzer tank in the 1940 Battle of France
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Lord Paddy Ashdown discusses German resistance to the Third Reich during WWII
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Polish-British historian Adam Zamoyski discusses Napoleon
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Interview with Polish-British historian Adam Zamoyski about Napoleon's invasion of Egypt.
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Dr Rob Johnson of Pembroke College, University of Oxford discusses the military reputation of T. E. Lawrence
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British-New Zealander Lieutenant Colonel Alastair MacKenzie describes his military experiences in the Vietnam War, Northern Ireland
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Historian and broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby discusses Operation Barbarossa
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Historian Kate Werran describes how African-American soldiers were treated by their superiors in Britain during WWII.
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Interview with Korean War veteran Roy Mills: one of the "Glorious Glosters" who fought at the Battle of Imjin River
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Interview with Falklands War veteran James O'Connell who survived the Battle of Mount Longdon.
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Interview with Gurkha veteran Captain Kailash Limbu about his experiences serving during the War in Afghanistan
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British-Hungarian Holocaust survivor John Hajdu MBE describes surviving the Budapest Ghetto during WWII and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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Article about El Cid, national hero of Spain
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Article about King Edward IV of England's military career
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Interview with Professor David Reynolds, University of Cambridge about Stalin's role during Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
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Interview with Cuban Bay of Bigs veteran Colonel Johnny Lopez de la Cruz (Retd.) who served as part of Brigade 2506 against Fidel Castro's forces in 1961.
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Interview with British WWII veteran Ron Johnson who served as a glider pilot during Operation Market Garden in 1944.
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Interviews with survivors of the 1940 Coventry Blitz during WWII: Dorothy Day and Mary Lock.
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Interview with explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes about his biography on Sir Ernest Shackleton.
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Interview with Dr Alysa Levene of Oxford Brookes University on the history of cake.
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Article detailing the true history of the African-American 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
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Study of the Irish pilots, from both Northern and Southern Ireland, who flew as fighter pilots for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Written by historian with dual British and Irish citizenship.
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Interview with Imperial War Museum Duxford curator Craig Murray about the role of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) during WWII and specifically the Battle of Britain in 1940.
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Article that commemorates the 75th anniversary of VE Day with interviews with British veterans Albert Selby and Frank Duffield. Selby spent VE Day at home in the UK after landing on Sword Beach on D-Day, fighting in Normandy and advancing... more
Article that commemorates the 75th anniversary of VE Day with interviews with British veterans Albert Selby and Frank Duffield. Selby spent VE Day at home in the UK after landing on Sword Beach on D-Day, fighting in Normandy and advancing through Western Europe. Duffield parachuted into Germany as a combat medic as part of Operation Varsity and spent VE Day on the Baltic coast.
Research Interests: History, Military History, European Studies, International Relations, Education, and 13 morePeace and Conflict Studies, Teacher Education, German History, International Studies, British History, War Studies, Second World War, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 20th century (History), World War II, 20th Century, Warfare, and Historical Studies
2020 interviews with veterans of the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. The veterans are US Marine and Medal of Honor Recipient Hershel W. Williams and US Navy veteran Tom Price who witnessed the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi
Research Interests: History, American History, Military History, American Studies, Education, and 12 moreSoutheast Asian Studies, Teacher Education, Pacific Island Studies, War Studies, World History, Second World War, 20th century (History), World War II, 20th Century U.S. History, Military, United States, and Veterans
2019 interview with Mindu Hornick MBE who survived both Auschwitz and Neuengamme concentration camps during WWII. Written to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, Modern History, European Studies, and 14 moreEducation, Jewish Studies, Teacher Education, Higher Education, War Studies, World History, Jewish History, Second World War, Holocaust Studies, Judaism, Poland, Second World War (History), Holocaust, and Holocaust and Genocide Studies
2019 interview with Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith SG, MC about his successful leadership of a handful of Anzac troops at the Battle of Long Tan, which was Australia's defining engagement of the Vietnam War.
Research Interests: History, Military History, Modern History, Education, Southeast Asian Studies, and 13 moreTeacher Education, Australian Studies, Higher Education, War Studies, World History, Australia, Southeast Asia, Vietnamese History, Vietnam War, Vietnam, Australian History, Southeast Asian history, and Vietnamese studies
Interview with American veteran Stuart Steinberg about his experiences as an ordnance disposal expert during the Vietnam War.
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Article discussing the military career and campaigns of Joan of Arc after the Siege of Orleans during the Hundred Years' War.
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, European Studies, Education, and 15 moreWomen's Studies, Medieval History, Teacher Education, French Studies, Women's History, Medieval Studies, War Studies, World History, Women, History of Roman Catholicism, Medieval France, France, Teenagers, Women and Gender Studies, and Female
2019 interview with British veteran Neville Williams who served as a National Serviceman during the Korean War.
Research Interests: History, Military History, Modern History, International Relations, Education, and 12 moreTeacher Education, British History, War Studies, Korean Studies, World History, United Nations, Asian History, 20th century (History), Korean History, 20th Century, Korean War, and United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Article explaining the military apprenticeship of King Henry V of England during campaigns across the British Isles (including the Battle of Shrewsbury and Owain Glyndwr's Revolt) during his time as Prince of Wales.
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2019 interview with RAF veteran Allan Scott DFM who flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain and Siege of Malta during WWII as an 'ace' fighter pilot.
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2019 interview with Yulia Zhukova, a former Red Army sniper who fought on the Eastern Front during WWII.
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, Modern History, European Studies, and 15 moreRussian Studies, Gender Studies, Education, Women's Studies, Soviet History, Women's History, Educational Research, War Studies, World History, Women, Second World War, Russian History, World War II, Russia, and Female
Interview with George Thomsen, one of the handful of British troops who defended South Georgia against an Argentine invasion at the beginning of the Falklands War.
Research Interests: History, Military History, Education, British History, War Studies, and 14 moreNaval Warfare, Naval History, Argentina History, Argentina, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 20th century (History), 20th Century, Atlantic history, Military, United Kingdom, Historical Studies, Falklands/Malvinas, Great Britain, and Falklands War
2019 interviews with British veterans George Batts MBE and Cedric Wasser who landed at Gold and Sword Beaches on 6 June 1944 in Normandy during the Second World War. The interviews were conducted as part of the 75th anniversary... more
2019 interviews with British veterans George Batts MBE and Cedric Wasser who landed at Gold and Sword Beaches on 6 June 1944 in Normandy during the Second World War. The interviews were conducted as part of the 75th anniversary commemorations of D-Day
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Major Tom Martin (Retd.) discusses his experiences as as a Royal Artillery officer during the Falklands War. Martin was the officer commanding the first artillery piece to be fired during the conflict.
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2019 article about Edward III of England's decisive victory at the Battle of Crecy during the Hundred Years' War against Philip VI of France
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Article focussing on the military career of King Richard III of England during the Wars of the Roses from his time fighting for his brother Edward IV to his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
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2018 interview with Martin Bell OBE: former BBC war correspondent and British Independent MP. This article discusses his national service serving during the Cyprus Emergency during the 1950s.
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In-depth article about the Battle of Rocroi during the Thirty Years' War between France and Spain, an engagement that led to French dominance in Europe.
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2018 interview with Fred Henley, WWII veteran and last survivor of the peacetime sinking of the Royal Navy ship HMS Truculent in 1950
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, European Studies, Education, and 14 moreBritish History, Maritime History, Disaster Studies, War Studies, Naval Warfare, Naval History, World History, Second World War, World War II, Atlantic history, Second World War (History), World War Two, Disaster Culture, and Submarines
Article about the military campaigns of Edward, Prince of Wales during the Hundred Years' War with an emphasis on his victories and ruthless strategies.
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, European Studies, Strategy (Military Science), and 15 moreEducation, French History, Medieval History, British History, Medieval Studies, War Studies, English History, World History, Medieval England, The Hundred Years War, England, Monarchy, Medieval Warfare, Middle Ages, and Historical Studies
2019 interview with Keith Quilter DSC, a British Fleet Air Arm pilot who flew Corsairs from HMS Formidable during the Pacific War during the Second World War. Quilter survived two Japanese kamikaze attacks as well as ditching his aircraft... more
2019 interview with Keith Quilter DSC, a British Fleet Air Arm pilot who flew Corsairs from HMS Formidable during the Pacific War during the Second World War. Quilter survived two Japanese kamikaze attacks as well as ditching his aircraft off the coast of Japan in 1945
Research Interests: History, Military History, Japanese Studies, British History, Pacific Island Studies, and 15 moreWar Studies, Naval Warfare, Naval History, Japanese History, Modern British History, Aviation, Second World War, Aviation History (Transport History), World War I, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 20th century (History), World War II, Second World War (History), World War II history, and Aviation History
Two combined 2018 interviews with British and German Second World War tank veterans who fought on opposing sides at the Battle of the Mareth Line in 1943. Karl Koenig fought in Panzer Regiment 5 of the Afrika Korps while Graham Stevenson... more
Two combined 2018 interviews with British and German Second World War tank veterans who fought on opposing sides at the Battle of the Mareth Line in 1943. Karl Koenig fought in Panzer Regiment 5 of the Afrika Korps while Graham Stevenson served in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry as part of the British Eighth Army. Decades after they fought each other, Koenig and Stevenson became firm friends.
Research Interests: History, Military History, African Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, German History, and 14 moreMiddle East & North Africa, North Africa Studies, British History, War Studies, Second World War, 20th Century German History, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), World War II, Tunisian History, Reconciliation, Mediterranean and North Africa, Nazi Germany, Tunisia, and Tanks
2018 interview with Second World War veteran Air Commodore Charles Clarke OBE. Clarke was an officer in Bomber Command who was shot down over Germany in 1944. He was interned in Stalag Luft III, witnessed the 'Great Escape' and survived... more
2018 interview with Second World War veteran Air Commodore Charles Clarke OBE. Clarke was an officer in Bomber Command who was shot down over Germany in 1944. He was interned in Stalag Luft III, witnessed the 'Great Escape' and survived the 'Long March' of 1945.
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Interview with Second World War veteran Charlotte "Betty" Webb MBE about her time working at Bletchley Park and the Pentagon between 1941-45.
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World War Two veteran Ruth Bourne describes her time operating the co-designed Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman 'Bombe' decryption machine for Bletchley Park.
Research Interests: History, Military History, Computer Science, Military Science, Technology, and 13 moreWomen's Studies, Women's History, British History, Intelligence, History of Science, War Studies, Women and War Studies, World History, Second World War, World War II, 20th Century, History of Computer Sciences, and Historical Studies
Sir Tony Robinson discusses warfare, military history documentaries and how the First World War is remembered.
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Interview with former combat medic commando Charles 'Sonny' Wright who was recognised by the Norwegian government for his bravery in Norway in 1940. Wright also fought in Malta and Greece before he became a prisoner of war.
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In-depth interview with Field Marshal Lord Bramall about his military career during the Second World War, Cold War, Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation and Falklands War. There is also an in-depth discussion about the future of warfare.
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Social history of teenagers during the London Blitz of World War Two featuring an interview with Glennis Leatherdale.
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Colonel Vic Vizcarra (Retired, USAF) recalls his time serving as a F-105 Thunderchief fighter pilot during the Vietnam War
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Russell "Rusty" Waughman DFC, AFC recalls his experiences flying in RAF Bomber Command as a Lancaster bomber pilot during the Second World War between 1944-45.
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, European Studies, French History, and 14 moreGerman History, British History, Aviation, Second World War, 20th century France, 20th century (History), World War II, Belgian History, 20th Century, France, Belgium, Nazi Germany, Germany, and Aviation History
Artist's reconstruction of Richard III's last moments at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485
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Brigadier Brian Parritt CBE recalls fighting as an artillery officer at the 1953 Battle of the Hook during the Korean War.
Research Interests: History, American History, Military History, Artillery, Chinese Studies, and 13 moreBritish History, Korean Studies, South Korea, Cold War, United Nations, Modern British History, China, 20th century (History), 20th Century, Korean War, United Kingdom, North Korea (politics and society), and United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Second instalment of an interview with Dr Robert Callow who fought as a commando across Asia during WWII
Research Interests: History, Military History, Southeast Asian Studies, Chinese Studies, British History, and 20 moreIndian studies, War Studies, Malaysia, Communism, China, Second World War, Modern Chinese History, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 20th century (History), Modern Indian History, World War II, Chinese history (History), Burma Studies, Burma, Military, India, History of Communism, Indian History, Partition of India, and Guerrilla Warfare
The story of the first Maori to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the North African Campaign in 1943
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Naval history of HMS Warrior, Britain's first ironclad warship
Research Interests: Engineering, Civil Engineering, Naval Engineering, Naval Architecture, History, and 11 moreMilitary History, Archaeology, Victorian Studies, British History, Naval Warfare, Naval History, Victorian Royal Navy, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 19th Century (History), Royal Navy, and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
The military career of Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Research Interests: History, Military History, French History, British History, English History, and 11 moreScottish Studies, Scottish History, British Empire, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), 18th Century, Eighteenth-Century British Army, Monarchy, History of the British Empire, Scotland, Georgian Studies, and Jacobite History
In the first instalment WWII veteran Dr Robert Callow recalls his experiences fighting as a commando and explosives expert during the Burma Campaign.
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Veteran Tony Dykes recalls the Siege of Jadotville and the Battle for Elisabethville
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Veteran Tommy Clough recalls the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War.
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Historian and broadcaster Michael Wood reveals how Alfred the Great's forgotten grandson became the first king of all England and won a hugely significant war to secure his fledgling realm in a fascinating interview.
Research Interests: History, Military History, Medieval History, British History, Anglo-Saxon Studies, and 11 moreMedieval Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), English History, Early Medieval History, Viking Studies, Alfred the Great and the Alfredian Circle, England, Monarchy, Dark Ages History, Athelstan, and Anglo-Saxons
Alf Jackson remembers his service during WWII where he discovered Erwin Rommel's desert headquarters after the Second Battle of El Alamein.
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Noel Carey recalls his time as an Irish UN peacekeeper as the youngest officer during the Congolese siege
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Len Burritt recalls his time serving in 7th Armoured Division during WWII, working with British generals and coining the division's famous nickname "The Desert Rats"
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Article about "Bloody April" in 1917 when the Royal Flying Corps suffered huge losses agains the Imperial German Air Service.
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Article about the Battle of Passchendaele to mark its centenary. Features interviews with Professor Mark Connelly and children's author Rebecca Lisle.
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Part one of three interviews with surviving Irish UN veterans of the Siege of Jadotville in 1961. This interview was conducted with veteran and campaigner John Gorman.
Research Interests: History, Military History, African Studies, Irish Studies, African History, and 13 moreCold War, World History, United Nations, Irish History, Cold War International Relations, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ireland, Cold War history, Katanga, Irish military history, Siege Warfare, United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, and History United Nations
British eyewitness account of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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Veteran interview with Robert "Bob" Hucklesby about the Fall of Singapore and life as a POW on the Burma Railway.
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Published in July 2017, 97-year old Garth Wright described his experiences fighting on the beaches of Dunkirk as a gunner in the Royal Artillery.
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Bedford was a crucial player in the Hundred Years War. The brother of Henry V and nemesis of Joan of Arc, Bedford also won a great victory in 1424 at the Battle of Verneuil that became known as the "Second Agincourt"
Research Interests: History, Military History, French History, Medieval History, British History, and 19 moreMedieval Studies, War Studies, English History, Medieval England, Medieval France, France, The Hundred Years War, England, Monarchy, 15th Century Burgundy, 15th century England, Medieval Warfare, Agincourt, British Monarchy, Henry V, Joan of Arc, King Henry V, 15th Century, and Hundred Years War
The 'George Washington of South America' was a visionary, revolutionary and general who defied insurmountable odds to redraw the continent
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In this 2017 interview from History of War magazine, 98-year old WWII veteran and fighter 'ace' Paul Farnes describes his combat experiences during the Battles of France and Britain.
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Research Interests: History, Military History, Greek History, British History, Children and Families, and 14 moreWar Studies, Naval Warfare, Naval History, Family, Second World War, 20th Century, Monarchy, Second World War (History), World War Two, British Monarchy, Modern Greek Studies, Royalty, British Royalty, and Queen Elizabeth II
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2016 interviews with Stephen Morgan and Tom Hicks. Both were British paratroopers during Operation Market Garden in 1944 and fought at the Battle of Arnhem. Morgan fought at the famous 'Bridge Too Far' in centre of Arnhem while Hicks... more
2016 interviews with Stephen Morgan and Tom Hicks. Both were British paratroopers during Operation Market Garden in 1944 and fought at the Battle of Arnhem. Morgan fought at the famous 'Bridge Too Far' in centre of Arnhem while Hicks fought nearby at Oosterbeek.