The Longest Days

On Christmas day last year, in the heart of Oxfordshire (sometimes called Oxford) there was a crisp and deep and even blanket of snow, wrapp...

Fiero LaGuardia was Mayor of New York, which is in New York for those of you not so acquainted with the subtleties of American geography. Ap...

Operant Geo has reported back from the dessert. He said it was tasty. He's also updated us on a cunning new breed of squaddie that the B...

Emile Heskey. There he is below. You'll notice he is a very talented footballer as he pulls off a unique trick that nobody has ever seen...

This week a member of our squadron will be going on a training mission for our operation next year. We have decided that Operant GEO will go...

There is an old joke about the Italian army where they are selling their rifles. They are reported to advertise: "Italian rifle, mint c...

Today England play Slovenia (once part of Czechoslovakia), in the World Cup, in a winner takes all sort of game. The England team have come ...

Did you know that there is a World Cup on at the moment for football? It may not have made the news where you are, but in some places, this ...

Nicolas Sarkozy is a Frenchman. But today he is in Englandshire to celebrate a wonderful radio broadcast in June 1940 by General de Gaulle, ...

My ears are punctuated with alertness at the moment. I can hear the clamor from here, reverberating around the widely spread sanctuaries of ...

Welcome to another update and thank you for your early support for this maverick and ill-thought out expedition. I've had some 200 Allie...

Today is a day to say thank you to people in the world that really matter. From time to time it is important to take time out to remember th...

One of our troop, George, who you will get to meet very soon, was skillful and talented enough to be able to receive his military training t...

Well there is simply no hiding from the fact that the photo above is me. You'll note how old I am by the virtue of the image still being...

At this early stage there is little to really worry about. It is but 12 months before D-Day, when we'll leave our encampment, have our l...

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to The Longest Days. In 2010 a group of young fellows decided with great gusto that they should...