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I recently finished reading The Illusionist, and I've written a short review on my blog.
https://phillipsuk.org/robin/book-review-the-illusionist.html

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Book Review: The Illusionist

I recently finished reading The Illusionist: The true story of the man who fooled Hitler by Robert Hutton. The author is one of the hosts of the War Movie Theatre podcast, which is where I heard about this book. The book tells the Second World War story…

Robin Phillips

Destination's Journey 1d ago

The British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was one of the Royal Navy’s County-class cruisers. Cornwall intercepted and destroyed the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in May 1941.
Sunk by Japanese dive bombers on 5 April 1942. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-cornwall-1928-british-heavy-cruiser/ #secondworldwar #cruiser #heavycruiser #HMSCornwall #maritimehistory #naval #navy #royalnavy #warship #NavalHistory

Destination's Journey 1d ago

HMS Gloucester enters Malta during the late 1930s. Note the neutrality markings on her turrets for recognition during the Spanish Civil War. Gloucester was sunk during the Battle for Crete on 22 May 1941. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-gloucester-1939-british-light-cruiser/ #royalnavy #cruiser #HMSGloucester #LightCruiser #maritimehistory #naval #NavalHistory #navy #secondworldwar #warship

US news | The Guardian 1d ago

Remains of US airman missing since second world war laid to rest in Florida https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/airman-missing-ww2-florida #UsMilitary #SecondWorldWar #Florida #UsNews

Remains of US airman missing since second world war laid to rest in Florida

Robert Cyr Jr, a US navy airman, had gone missing in 1944 when his seaplane crashed in the Segond channel

The Guardian

Russell Phillips 1d ago

On this day in 1942, British troops invaded Madagascar. The operation proved the usefulness of tank landing ships (LSTs), which were to be widely used in future invasions. It also featured dummy paratroopers, which were more famously used during the invasion of Normandy in 1944.

https://russellphillips.uk/product/a-strange-campaign-the-battle-for-madagascar/

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