Craig Flagg

@BattlefieldBen @RSoles123 @sommecourt @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944 I had to use the block button on that one

@RSoles123 @CraigFlagg1944 @sommecourt @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944 The most uneducated comment I have seen passed on my feed in a long time.

Unfortunately, the rumours are true. 51st Highland Div. monument Bréville ridge. Stolen! I have no words. #ww2 #Normandy @BattlefieldBen @sommecourt @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944

@PegasusToursUK @BattlefieldBen @sommecourt @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944 That's the question. As @Barber1944 mentioned, Brigadier Hills' statue had to be moved to Memorial Pegasus from Les Mesnil crossroads

@CraigFlagg1944 @BattlefieldBen @sommecourt @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944 (Almost) unbelievable. The worrying point is how do we protect all the hundreds of other metal monuments to prevent this happening again. I’m truly shocked, appalled and upset hearing about this. Particularly as I’m in Normandy at the moment.

@sommecourt @BattlefieldBen @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944 Me too. It just makes no sense.😢

@CraigFlagg1944 @BattlefieldBen @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944 Good grief!! I can’t quite believe that! 😢

@BattlefieldBen @sommecourt @WW2TV @militaryhistori @AndyAitcheson @almurray @James1940 @Barber1944 @WHW_HighlandIC

I'm hearing that the 51st Highland Div. monument on the Breville Ridge is now not there. Claims of theft! If true, I'm beyond words, absolutely shocking. Can anyone confirm? @BattlefieldBen

Troops serving with No 3 Commando's No 5 Troop are tossed into the air to grab at a rope some twenty feet high. Filmed during D-Day preparations in Britain, 1 June 1944. Film: IWM A70 24-3

@njg330 @militaryhistori @SeaSpitfires I have. Another absolutely brilliant piece of work. Again, the level of research is mind blowing.

@CraigFlagg1944 @militaryhistori So many stories. Have you read @SeaSpitfires Sword Beach?

Always a good time to get this incredible work from Dr. Caddick-Adams @militaryhistori off the shelf again. Unbelievable amounts of research, beautifully written. It's never far from me.Yearning to return and walk the ground. Signed copy from first WHWF. #WW2 #WeHaveWays #history

@njg330 @militaryhistori Sword is such a fantastic area, isn't it. Definitely doesn't get the attention it deserves. So many incredible stories on every level from unit, down to the individual

@CraigFlagg1944 @militaryhistori It is a great book, Craig. I keep meaning to re-read it, especially after my visit to Sword Beach.

@Barber1944 This looks incredible. Congratulations, and thank you, Neil!

Available in June via Sabrestorm Publishing. ‘Red Devils on D-Day’ is centred around 6th Airborne Division’s 3rd primary task of destroying four bridges across the River Dives & another across the Divette. It also covers the battle at Varaville by C Company, 1 Canadian Para Bn.

@BattlefieldBen @militaryhistori @WW2TV @JohnBuckley1967 @JohnCMcManus3 @James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod @Barber1944 Absolutely, I do!👍🏻

@militaryhistori @CraigFlagg1944 @WW2TV @JohnBuckley1967 @JohnCMcManus3 @James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod @Barber1944 Just need to add ‘Wagons Roll’ to this for Sword beach perspective and the battle for Caen!

Continue how you mean to go on. #WW2 #Normandy #DDay #Normandie #battleofnormandy #secondworldwar #ww2tv #history #wehaveways

@BattlefieldBen Happy New Year, Ben. Hopefully meet up in Normandy again this year!

Well this draws a close 2025, yet another unbelievably busy year. Thank you to everyone who has supported me, given opportunities, travelled with me across Europe to many locations and battlefields and shared stories. Some new friends made along the way as well. I wish everyone a happy and successful 2026… see you out on the ground as we explore more history next year 🙏🏼

@sommecourt @BBCFOUR4 Thank you, much appreciated

@CraigFlagg1944 @BBCFOUR4 It’s on iPlayer but you need to search under Meet The Ancestors: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

Forgotten Battlefield is about to start on @BBCFOUR4 - a few photos from the filming in 2001. One of the more incredible experiences I’ve had on The Old Front Line.

13th June 1944 Airborne stretcher bearers load a casualty into the back of an ambulance at a 6th Airborne Division Regimental Aid Post, château Ranville in the Orne bridgehead. Sgt. Grant, AFPU

FIRST D-DAY PHOTOS First pictures of D-Day taken by Canadian paratrooper Sgt. Dave Reynolds 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion first cameraman to land on D-Day. 1/11 33829 Canadian troops outside house somewhere in Normandy, France, ca. 8th June 1944 (Le Mesnil?)

5 June at Tarrant Rushton airfield, walking, waiting for the small service that takes place, was fortunate to meet Sarah Barkway, daughter of Glider Pilot Geoff Barkway DFM Chalk 93. Long conversatios were had. Fascinating. @Barber1944 @BattlefieldBen @almurray @WeHaveWaysPod