Pegasus Battlefield Tours

24/10/2026

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr93zwjw1k4qo

Around 200 emergency personnel are deployed to fight the blaze at the N**i dictator's Alpine residence in Germany.

20/10/2026

https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/french-resistance-and-the-soe-normandy-1940-1944.php

10/10/2026

My good friend Dr Jean Pierre Benamou has written the Foreword for my new book and provided immense assistance with his decades of knowledge regarding Normandy and vast collection of artefacts, photographs and documents. He is the Founder and Director of the excellent D-Day Academy. It was great to spend some time together earlier this week.

French Resistance and the SOE: Normandy 1940-1944 Helion and Company Publishing

10/10/2026

Interesting use of a Willy's Jeep that was left behind in Normandy after . There is always something new to find in Normandy and this little fella is preserved inside the Mairie of Saint-Denis-de-Mere for anyone wishing to see it.

29/09/2026

Very excited that the first volume in my 'French Resistance and the SOE' book series is now ready for interested readers to register interest. The first book is 'Normandy 1940-1944'. Please use the link for further details and pre-order ☨

https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/french-resistance-and-the-soe-normandy-1940-1944.php

22/09/2026

The Compiègne-Royallieu Internment and Deportation Camp just north of Paris was the transit camp from which 53,000 men, women and children from France were deported to concentration camps in Germany, Austria and Poland during WW2, some never to return. Many were political Resistants and were subject to the 'Nacht und Nebel' decree meaning they were to be lost in the 'Night and Fog' never to be seen or heard of again. This is a truly chilling place to visit - especially as I'm currently writing in detail about many people who passed through this horrendous place ☨

18/07/2026

Fashion designer Hardy Amies was born on this day in 1909 - dressmaker to the Queen, costume designer for '2001: A Space Odyssey' - and - Second World War spy (!)

In peacetime, Hardy had been primarily concerned with sartorial innovations such as lowering the waistline of women's suits. Yet at the outbreak of war, Hardy was called up to serve in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) because of his language experience.

Now working with resistance groups in Belgium, Hardy used the names of fashion accessories as codewords in his lethal intelligence work.

When Lee Miller took this photograph of Hardy in Belgium she was unaware of his work in espionage. This photoshoot caused some controversy for Hardy's superiors and the censor back in England. The back of this image has a red censorship stamp reading 'NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.' The ban was eventually overturned - partially on Lee's insistence - and the image was published in British Vogue the following year. Prints of this image, and others of Lee's work can be explored and purchased on our picture library.

📷Hardy Amies, Belgium, 1944 by Lee Miller © Lee Miller Archives, England 2026. All rights reserved.

20/06/2026

Jean Moulin was brought here after his arrest and kept in the cells in the basement where witnesses testified to have seen him badly beaten. The Gestapo HQ in Lyon where Klaus Barbie operated from is now a museum.

20/06/2026

The last time French Résistance leader Jean Moulin was a free man was when he walked through the door of Doctor Dugoujon's house at Caluire-et-Cuire in Lyon for a high level Résistance meeting. Unfortunately dark arts were at play and within minutes he was arrested...☨

19/06/2026

French Résistance and Tour from Troyes to Lyon today. Photographs include the majestic monument at Buchères where the Résistance stood and fought on 23-24 August 1944 in a courageous attempt to prevent German transport columns passing through on the Route National towards Germany. The village was burned down and 67 civilians murdered in reprisal. Victims included babies aged just 2 months to old folks in their 70s. Next stop was the small out-of-the-way Museum at Sennecey-le-Grand which is very interesting detailing actions of the SAS in the area during 1944 and also further afield. Close by is one of the Special Duties Squadrons clandestine airfields known as JUNOT where Résistants such as Pierre Brossolette and Christian Pineau were either flown in or out. We ended the day at Caluire-et-Cuire in Lyon at the house where Jean Moulin was last seen as a free man. Shortly after entering the door of this house he was arrested, beaten, tortured and finally murdered two weeks later by the SD-Gestapo. Monuments are placed around the small tree lined square paying homage to soldiers from both wars, résistants, civilians and of course Jean Moulin himself. ☨