Filming In Flanders 2008
Born in the 1960s, Paul Reed is a leading military historian specialising in the First and Second World Wars. He is the author of six books, including the best-selling Walking The Somme (Pen & Sword 1997) and the forthcoming Great War Lives (Pen & Sword 2010). Paul also works as an Historical Consultant and Contributor for Television; most recently he was consultant on Michael Palin’s Last Day of WW1, series consultant for BBC1′s My Family At War and historical consultant for BBC2′s Dan Snow’s Little Ships and BBC1′s Dig1940. In 2011 he worked on Dig WW2 with Dan Snow and is currently working on book and TV projects about both WW1 and WW2.
Paul Reed can be contacted on: ww1research@hotmail.com
My principal websites are:
- Battlefields of WW2: www.ww2battlefields.com
- Old Front Line – Battlefields of WW1: www.battlefields1418.com
- Ypres Battlefields: www.ypres-1917.com
- Somme Battlefields: www.somme1916.com
- Napoleonic Battles: www.napoleonic-battles.co.uk
Hi Paul
Only just found your blog. Bit slow on the uptake. Will be keeping an eye on this. How are plans for the WW2 Society going?
Ross
By: Ross on July 27, 2009
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Sadly the WW2 Society is going no-where. People have offered help, but all have let me down one way or another. So for now it just remains an idea, although we are operating a ‘virtual’ version of it over at WW2 Talk.
http://www.ww2talk.com/
By: sommecourt on August 5, 2009
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Hi Paul
This is a dissapointment, as I think, as I am sure you do, that this is something that is needed. I am sure in time it will emerge.
Ross
By: Ross on August 6, 2009
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Hi Paul,
Just want to share a documentary we released this week – Afghanistan in the UK on VBS.TV. We release a new part each day this week, today is part 4.
Watch Afghanistan in the UK – part 4 of 5: http://www.vbs.tv/en-gb/watch/rule-britannia/afghanistan-in-the-uk-part-4-of-5
Cheers,
Joss
By: Joss Frank on August 26, 2010
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Hey Paul. Really interesting blog you got here.
It would have been interesting though, if a person like yourself could take your time to read about my WW2 Theme photo session in Europe. I’m Norwegian, and my English isn’t perfect, but I’m sure its possible to understand. I would be curious what you think about it
http://joarlarsson.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/from-dunkerque-to-bergen-belsen/
Regards
Joar Larsson Bo, Noway.
By: Joar Larsson Bø on November 1, 2010
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Paul,
I am a French Indochina War reenactor [ http://www.legionetrangere.us ] and British WWII reenactor living in Texas. Looking for any information on the Rifle Brigade (1st Bn) that served with 7th Armoured, specifically uniformity, etc. Were hoping to honor 7 ARM DIV by establishing a group here in the U.S. devoted exclusively to the unit’s service in NA-Sicily-Italy and NWE.
Any help would be grateful.
Regards,
Mick
By: Mick Stewart on December 10, 2010
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Hi Mick – what period of the war are you looking at? I’d recommend you join our WW2 forum at http://www.ww2talk.com/
By: sommecourt on December 10, 2010
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By: 2010 in review « Out of Battle on January 2, 2011
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Delighted that I stumbled across this while on Twitter looking at #sattc! Will definitely follow
By: Alison Krohn on January 2, 2011
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Thanks Alison – welcome to the Blog and Twitter feed lots of exciting projects coming up in 2011.
By: sommecourt on January 2, 2011
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My father was a Spitfire pilot (Squadron Leader, 155 Sqn, Burma). In the summer of 2008, a year before he died, I recorded all his war stories about his time in the RAF (1938-1946). I have not transcribed the video recordings yet, and wanted to ask your views about whether to put them online, or send all the records to IWM for researchers to study in the future. I also have all his log books, as well as quite a few photos.
We had a magnificent Spitfire flyby after his funeral – please let me know if you would like the YouTube link.
By: Alison Krohn on January 8, 2011
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Thanks for that.
How about doing both? Not everyone has access to the IWM’s archives and the web makes this sort of material available to all. Places the videos on YouTube and placing them in a blog like this would make a good site and a worthy memorial to your father.
By: sommecourt on January 8, 2011
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Hiya Paul, I have just received an email with information about your dig ww2 project, specifically regarding the spitfire and pilot who landed in the Donegal bog in 1941. I live in Newbridge Co Kildare the town where the inmates of the prison camp came to socialise. My dad joined the RAF during the war and was stationed in India. I have a letter to him from my mother referencing a dance the Germans attended in the town. One of the German prisoners married a local woman and came back to live here after the war. Their children still live locally. The reason for this note is to ask whether you would let me know when you are filming on the Curragh. I edit a local newsletter and I know people would be interested in this story? I can also show you my dads helmet and log books from the period if you were interested.
By: Breda Reid on June 29, 2011
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A ver good blog to everybody that study the Great War. Great!
By: Rogerio de Oliveira Souza on March 25, 2012
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