Moments from History
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbFighter Command, Adler Tag - Eagle Day, Eagle Day - Adler Tag, MfH 21, Goering, Tacitus, Deo, Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, WSC

MƒH Battle of Britain Day ~ 15 September 1940

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man.

This has again happened in the form of President Volodomyr Zelensky.

To the People of Ukraine it is easy for me to write this in the peace and comfort of my home, but I know that as day follows night, we will one day also know of, speak of, write of and learn of Battle of Ukraine Day.

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbFighter Command, Adler Tag - Eagle Day, Eagle Day - Adler Tag, MfH 21, Goering, Tacitus, Deo, Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, WSC
MƒH Battle of Britain Day ~ 15 September 1940
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbOur Pathway in the Sky, Fighter Pilot by Paul Richey, MfH 16, BBC Drama World on Fire, docu-dramas, Simon Reeve, The Lakes with Simon Reeve, MfH 30

MƒH Our Pathway ~ Our Past, Our Present, Our Future

WITHOUT AN interest in history, mirror the visitor to a Garden. Everything looks lovely, and interesting, but … …

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbOur Pathway in the Sky, Fighter Pilot by Paul Richey, MfH 16, BBC Drama World on Fire, docu-dramas, Simon Reeve, The Lakes with Simon Reeve, MfH 30
MƒH Our Pathway ~ Our Past, Our Present, Our Future
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbChasleton House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Bishop Juxon, English Civil War, Charles I, King Charles I, Crimea annexed 18 March 2014, 18.3.2014, 24 February 2022 Ukraine, Hong KongComment

MƒH 10 Chastleton House ~ Why the National Trust is So Important

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbChasleton House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Bishop Juxon, English Civil War, Charles I, King Charles I, Crimea annexed 18 March 2014, 18.3.2014, 24 February 2022 Ukraine, Hong KongComment
MƒH 10 Chastleton House ~ Why the National Trust is So Important
Royal Air Force, Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbSkoda Works, Plzen, Mannheim, Main Force, Diversionary Force, 16-17 April 1943, Halifax Mk V, DK165 MP-E, Webb CrewComment

RAF 15 Operation Frothblower ~ Plzen 16-17 April 1943 (revised edition)

The updated version appears on the Aviation website Eyes to the Skies along with all Aviation and RAF Series Papers.

The link can be found here

Royal Air Force, Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbSkoda Works, Plzen, Mannheim, Main Force, Diversionary Force, 16-17 April 1943, Halifax Mk V, DK165 MP-E, Webb CrewComment
RAF 15 Operation Frothblower ~ Plzen 16-17 April 1943 (revised edition)
Moments from History, THE WAR IN UKRAINEKenneth Webb8DIM Intro, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, Castle Street and Lord Street Liverpool, L1, city centre, Victoria Memorial, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1982, Strategic Air Offensive, Quentin Somerville, 1:7, 1:7 ratioComment

MƒH Eight Days in May ~ The Liverpool Blitz 1 - 8 May 1941 ~ Introduction

Moments from History, THE WAR IN UKRAINEKenneth Webb8DIM Intro, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, Castle Street and Lord Street Liverpool, L1, city centre, Victoria Memorial, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1982, Strategic Air Offensive, Quentin Somerville, 1:7, 1:7 ratioComment
MƒH Eight Days in May ~ The Liverpool Blitz 1 - 8 May 1941 ~ Introduction
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbHenry Chaucer, Magna Carta, Queen in Parliament, Mother of Parliaments, British Empire and Commonwealth, British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations, MfH 10, MfH 27

MƒH MAGNA CARTA ~ Part I

Launching this page represents the next stage in my overall aim of writing about current events, and at the same time interweaving with history, the arts and sciences …

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbHenry Chaucer, Magna Carta, Queen in Parliament, Mother of Parliaments, British Empire and Commonwealth, British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations, MfH 10, MfH 27
MƒH MAGNA CARTA ~ Part I
Moments from History, Ukraine Dispatches, THE WAR IN UKRAINEKenneth WebbAleppo, Dr David Nott, Abu Waseem, FSA, Barrell Bombs, Cluster Bombs, David Nott Foundation, Eleanor Nott, Khan Shaykhun, Douma, Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP PC, Secretary of State for International Development, Matthew Rycroft, UK Ambassador to the UN, UN Security Council, Mounir, Bab al-Hawa Hospital, M10 Hospital, M1 Hospital, President Obama, Ghouta, Damascus, British Parliament, 285 nays 272 ayes, MfH, MfH 24, MfH 25

MƒH When Men Drag Their Feet and Bewail Entanglement ~ SYRIA (Book Review)

The War in Ukraine that has now raged for almost 11 months makes this even more important.

Moments from History, Ukraine Dispatches, THE WAR IN UKRAINEKenneth WebbAleppo, Dr David Nott, Abu Waseem, FSA, Barrell Bombs, Cluster Bombs, David Nott Foundation, Eleanor Nott, Khan Shaykhun, Douma, Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP PC, Secretary of State for International Development, Matthew Rycroft, UK Ambassador to the UN, UN Security Council, Mounir, Bab al-Hawa Hospital, M10 Hospital, M1 Hospital, President Obama, Ghouta, Damascus, British Parliament, 285 nays 272 ayes, MfH, MfH 24, MfH 25
MƒH When Men Drag Their Feet and Bewail Entanglement ~ SYRIA (Book Review)
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbRichard III, Richard Plantaganet, Battle of Bosworth, Bosworth Field, Philippa Langley, Richard III Society

MƒH King Richard III ~ 1485 (Revised Edition)

528 years on, the King’s remains are found beneath a car park, and now finally lies at rest in Leicester Cathedral, the last Plantaganet King of England, the last king to fight and die and on the battlefield.

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbRichard III, Richard Plantaganet, Battle of Bosworth, Bosworth Field, Philippa Langley, Richard III Society
MƒH King Richard III ~ 1485 (Revised Edition)
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbHMS Prince of Wales, Atlantic Charter 1941, Winston Churchill, F D Rooseevent, President F D Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Beattie, Lizzie, Jack, Constance

MƒH HMS Prince of Wales 1941

Dedicated to my very dear friends Anthony Smith, Submariner RN Rtd and his Wife Jamie Smith RN Rtd and to all the friends with whom they served on board HM Submarines and HMS Liverpool respectively. It is true to say that we know only too well the importance of seeing the White Ensign full hoisted and riding the Winds at Sea or otherwise in Safe Haven

To the Senior Service from our Junior Service, albeit now proudly also Centenarian. © IBM (KTW) 2020

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbHMS Prince of Wales, Atlantic Charter 1941, Winston Churchill, F D Rooseevent, President F D Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Beattie, Lizzie, Jack, Constance
MƒH HMS Prince of Wales 1941
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbDAESH, ISIL, islamic-state-caliphate, idelology, communissm, nazism, athiestic fundamentalism, MfH 7

MfH Why Tyranny Always Fails

This past week, we have seen unspeakable acts of cruelty from around the world, but chiefly in those parts of Iraq and Syria currently occupied by the so-called Islamic State Caliphate.

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbDAESH, ISIL, islamic-state-caliphate, idelology, communissm, nazism, athiestic fundamentalism, MfH 7
MfH Why Tyranny Always Fails
Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbYoung People, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Londonderry, Scotland, Wales, Northern ireland, the British People, Great Britain, London, Team GB, Caernarfon, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Fife, Llandudno, MfH 17, MfH 19

MfH Our Young People ~ The British People

All my life I have been fortunate to work with young people. It has not always been easy. Young people have a way of winding the older generation up! But we did too when we were young people. And we wouldn't want it any other way.

Moments from HistoryKenneth WebbYoung People, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Londonderry, Scotland, Wales, Northern ireland, the British People, Great Britain, London, Team GB, Caernarfon, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Fife, Llandudno, MfH 17, MfH 19
MfH Our Young People ~ The British People