Myself and Freddie recently got to spend time at the Combined Military Services Museum in Maldon Essex and had the absolute honour of getting to get up close and personal with this jaw dropping piece of history… This my friends is an over 1,000 year old Viking sword from ‘The Battle of Maldon, 11th August 991 AD’!!! The Battle of Maldon saw the Vikings defeat the local Anglo-Saxon forces lead by Earl Byrthnoth. And although not confirmed, documents suggest it was the infamous Norwegian Olaf Tryg
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Myself and Freddie recently got to spend time at the Combined Military Services Museum in Maldon Essex and had the absolute honour of getting to get up close and personal with this jaw dropping piece of history… This my friends is an over 1,000 year old Viking sword from ‘The Battle of Maldon, 11th August 991 AD’!!! The Battle of Maldon saw the Vikings defeat the local Anglo-Saxon forces lead by Earl Byrthnoth. And although not confirmed, documents suggest it was the infamous Norwegian Olaf Tryg
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Good evening all- Please help to keep our military museums from disappearing. The passionate team at The Guards Museum are searching for potential volunteers to assist in the opening of their fantastic museum. Anyone that would like to help please contact Andrew Wallis the curator of the museum by email on guardsmusuem@aol.com Cheers, Bruce Some info about the museum- The story of the Foot Guards spans over 360 years of history and they served in many of the campaigns and theatres that shaped th
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Good evening all- Please help to keep our military museums from disappearing. The passionate team at The Guards Museum are searching for potential volunteers to assist in the opening of their fantastic museum. Anyone that would like to help please contact Andrew Wallis the curator of the museum by email on [email protected] Cheers, Bruce Some info about the museum- The story of the Foot Guards spans over 360 years of history and they served in many of the campaigns and theatres that shaped th
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On this important day, I had the honour of being invited to join the dedicated team from The Guards Museum for their Remembrance Day wreath laying ceremony. As always today is a time for reflection and paying our respects up and down the country. Once again I implore everyone to come visit this important place of historical importance and support this fantastic museum. Lest We Forget | Bruce Crompton
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On this important day, I had the honour of being invited to join the dedicated team from The Guards Museum for their Remembrance Day wreath laying ceremony. As always today is a time for reflection and paying our respects up and down the country. Once again I implore everyone to come visit this important place of historical importance and support this fantastic museum. Lest We Forget | Bruce Crompton
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This week I was invited to a preview of the brilliant new exhibition by our friends at the National Army Museum- ‘Conflict in Europe’ which showcases a curated selection of incredible items documenting conflict through the ages on our continent. Many of these items are quite frankly jaw dropping and of huge historical significance so I’ve picked out a select few here to share with you that I will be posting over the next few days, all to implore you to come visit the exhibition for yourselves. T
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This week I was invited to a preview of the brilliant new exhibition by our friends at the National Army Museum- ‘Conflict in Europe’ which showcases a curated selection of incredible items documenting conflict through the ages on our continent. Many of these items are quite frankly jaw dropping and of huge historical significance so I’ve picked out a select few here to share with you that I will be posting over the next few days, all to implore you to come visit the exhibition for yourselves. T
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Very excited to be able to share a sneak peak of one of our latest acquisitions- An original war-time ‘Upkeep’ bouncing bomb! Invented and designed by the legendary engineer Barns Wallis, these bombs were used by the RAF in Operation Chastise, the attack on the Ruhr dams in Germany, May 1943. The raid was lead by the legendary Guy Gibson VC and immortalised in the movie ‘The Dam Busters’ staring Richard Todd. More info to follow, the the meantime, have a great Easter break an stay safe. Cheers f
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Very excited to be able to share a sneak peak of one of our latest acquisitions- An original war-time ‘Upkeep’ bouncing bomb! Invented and designed by the legendary engineer Barns Wallis, these bombs were used by the RAF in Operation Chastise, the attack on the Ruhr dams in Germany, May 1943. The raid was lead by the legendary Guy Gibson VC and immortalised in the movie ‘The Dam Busters’ staring Richard Todd. More info to follow, the the meantime, have a great Easter break an stay safe. Cheers f
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Heads up too all my fellow Military Odyssey 2022 goers this weekend. Very much looking forward to seeing you all there as well checking out the cracking displays and visiting all the awesome of trade stalls! In the meantime time we wanted to share this video of a recent and rather fascinating project- This is a Russian M38 anti-aircraft gun ( 76.2mm ZP obr. 1938) that has been recycled after being captured by the Germans, then rebored to take German standard 88cm Flak & anti-tank rounds (German
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Heads up too all my fellow Military Odyssey 2022 goers this weekend. Very much looking forward to seeing you all there as well checking out the cracking displays and visiting all the awesome of trade stalls! In the meantime time we wanted to share this video of a recent and rather fascinating project- This is a Russian M38 anti-aircraft gun ( 76.2mm ZP obr. 1938) that has been recycled after being captured by the Germans, then rebored to take German standard 88cm Flak & anti-tank rounds (German
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As many of you are all aware, today marks the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 6th of June 1944. On this day 79 years ago, British, American and Canadian forces landed and parachuted into Normandy on their mission to liberate Nazi occupied Europe These soldiers and their acts were the embodiment of duty and it is our duty to remember them. | Bruce Crompton
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As many of you are all aware, today marks the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 6th of June 1944. On this day 79 years ago, British, American and Canadian forces landed and parachuted into Normandy on their mission to liberate Nazi occupied Europe These soldiers and their acts were the embodiment of duty and it is our duty to remember them. | Bruce Crompton
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Quick message from Freddie an I before we head into an event with the brilliant @armybenevolentfund who last year helped over 80,000 soldiers and veterans via some 93 other charities that it supports. But most importantly wanted to remind you all that it’s half term meaning the PERFECT opportunity to go out and visit and support your favorite museums! You can search for and discover our country’s brilliant military museums through our museum finder tool on amazingwarstories.com Let us know where
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Good evening all, I wanted to share with you a fantastic new exhibition going on at the Airborne Assault - The Museum of the Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces celebrating the hero’s of the 6th Airborne Division, the first British Paratroopers to jump on D-Day- ‘First in, Last out’ an exhibition by Robin Savage For further info please follow the link below as I highly recommend visiting the moving exhibition https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/first-in-last-out Stay safe all, cheers Bruce Imperial W
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WWII paratrooper collection & camouflage and winter items- Following on from the the video I shared a few weeks ago of the iconic early British Paratrooper step-in smock, today I wanted to share with you some other wartime paratrooper items we have here in the collection. On this mannequin to my left is a ‘German paratrooper jump smock in splinter camouflage being one of the rarer variants with the splinter camouflage overprinted onto the older flecked green cotton of earlier issues sometimes be
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Restoration update of our Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer - Very excited to be sharing this one of two video updates (part two coming next week!) of our original 7.5cm Pak 39 L/48 cannon. This original, wartime cannon was manufactured by Rheinmetall-Borsig in northern Germany in early 1944 and has now been finished after a full restoration. The whole project will be finished by spring and will be seen at various military shows this year. Stay tuned for part two of this video next week, in the meantime, eve
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Today, 11th January marks the would-be- birthday of one of my absolute all time heroes- Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne DSO and Three Bars As many of you are aware, he was one of the founding fathers of the SAS as well as being a high achieving Rugby player for the British Lions and then went on to have a career in law where like so many of our wartime heroes, rarely spoke about his wartime antics, let alone the monumental impact his service had. This little display is one of the p
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Hear her ROAR!! Incredible to see the famous @museedesblindes ‘s Tiger II on display here at the Bastogne Barracks War Heritage Institute for the 80th commemorations. It was actually this very Tiger that Freddie and I got to start the engine of a few years ago when we visited Musée des Blindés Was wonderful to see such an enthusiastic turn out for the NUTS Weekend put on at the barracks by the @warheritage institute. We were lucky enough to be invited by Phillippe De Clercq of the museum to atte
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***PANTHER UPDATE*** Combat Dealers Bruce Crompton gives us the latest update on our Panther at Axis Track Services!! Things are looking good over there!! Let us know what you think! #ausarmour | The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum
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Joining everyone one up and down the country in paying our respects and showing appreciation for the nation’s heroes Sir Captain Tom and all NHS & frontline workers. 👏👏👏 Stay safe everyone...‘tomorrow will be a better day’ | Bruce Crompton
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Here’s an interesting bit of history that I thought would be fun to share- As we all know, we are still witnessing and benefiting from some of the innovations of the Second World War in our day to day lives. Mainly, the incredible evolution of feets of engineering and transport. Yet this is a slightly more unusual example of German war time innovation that still touches our day to day lives. I’m fortunate enough to have a collection of wartime WW2 Coca-Cola bottles. And if you watch till the end
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Sending a big ‘Thank you & well done’ to the whole team at The Tank Museum for this years smashing TankFest last weekend! It’s always a pleasure to visit our good friends and long time collaborators at the museum to catch up. I was lucky enough to be asked again this year to give some talks and of course the opportunity to meet with all fellow TankFest attendees, which for me is always a personal highlight getting to meet and chat with fellow enthusiasts. We also did some filming with our friend
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Marching into the bank holiday weekend like.. #CombatDealers #DadsArmy #Action! #Behindthescenes #Flashbackfriday | Bruce Crompton
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Just two weeks until TANKFEST 2021! Get the VIP experience with Premium tickets. Learn how to restore a WW2 tank from Bruce Crompton, get behind the scenes in the Workshop, and see live tank displays from the best spot. Regular tickets also available | The Tank Museum
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Evening friends, here’s a little video about an item from my personal collection of items from Hill 112. A very cool relic from a Tiger I with visible battle damage giving us clear and valuable insight into this particular vehicles fate during the battle. Happy Days Stay safe | Bruce Crompton
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Ronnie and I wishing everyone a great week ahead, hope you’ve enjoyed our second episode of Amazing War Stories, would love to know your thoughts on it! Listen and share with your friends- www.bit.ly/AWSEp2 Also go follow Airborne Assault - The Museum of the Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces who helped us in this episode, I can’t recommend a visit to their museum highly enough! Cheers | Bruce Crompton
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Last year I was honored to be invited by the Imperial War Museum London to host one of their special ‘My IWM’ evening events, which is now happening in less than a weeks time on Tuesday on the 18th March.I have been lucky enough to get to pick a selection of my favorite exhibits they house and along with their brilliant curator, John Delaney attendees will be hosted to an exclusive to walk round & discussion of these chosen exhibits to unpick their history, followed by an intimate Q&A session. W
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Newest Episode of the Amazing War Stories podcast is Out Now! https://bit.ly/ListenNowAmazingWarStories Think I may of found my favourite spot to sit and listen, none other than Sir Winston Churchill's bath! I just need to find a cigar and whiskey to complete the look..... This recent episode, 'The Hitmen of Heraklion" covers the epic SAS raid on the Luftwaffe base in Crete, 1942. Not only a fantastic story but you will notice a very special guest read from one of our very own Amazing War Storie
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https://bit.ly/KingsofKokoda Have you listened to our latest episode of Amazing War Stories yet?! 'The Kings of Kokoda' is a truly harrowing true story from our Commonwealth cousins from Australia. We have teamed up with our great mates from the The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum to bring you this episode, and I think you'll really enjoy it. Imm also please to be sharing with you a recommendation from our Amazing War Stories Book Club that you can find on our website store along with a w
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A festive treat for us all- Panther Update...A little insight into what Santa's elves have been busy working on recently for our friends down at The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum...... be sure to watch (and listen) until the end for some proper gratuitous tank and engine action! We look forward to sharing more with you all in the new year.. Happy Days and Happy New Year! #CombatDealers #AxisTrackServies #Panther #Panzer #Mayach Axis Track Services | Bruce Crompton
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I was recently and kindly invited by our good friends World of Tanks and The Tank Museum to join the brilliant Tankmas 2025 Historical Livestream on Twitch and YouTube to catch up and share some of the highlights of what we’ve been up to this year which you can see in this short video below. The entire stream if you didn’t catch already had some superb guests and friends that are absolute must follows such as Musée des Blindés, the The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum and Military Machine
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Very excited for tonight’s episode of some super extraordinary items! This Viking sword in particular is estimated at over 1000 years old from the Battle of Malden and was kindly lent to us by our friends from the Combined Military Services Museum and is on display for you to go see! @hope you enjoy, cheers, Bruce & team #BattleTreasures #AmazingWarStories #YourMuseumNeedsYou #HomeOfMilitaryHeroes #KeepingHistoryAlive | Bruce Crompton
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Imagining the gruesome scenes of the Bridge of Bodies during the Battle of Towton on our latest episode of Battle Treasures, check it out… 📺Tuesdays 8.30pm on Sky History 📲On Demand anytime through Sky History On Demand and YouTube | Bruce Crompton
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