Alan Malcher

Sophie and Hans Scholl: The White Rose Group resisting Hitler Sophie Scholl White Rose was a non-violent intellectual resistance group based at the University of Munich. One of its founding members was Hans Scholl and the group was quickly joined by his siste…

Sophie and Hans Scholl: The White Rose Group resisting Hitler – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2020/11/29/s...

Andrée Peel (nee Virot) Heroine of the French Resistance In March 2010 Andrée Peel died of pneumonia at a British nursing home at the age of 105 and was buried at All Saints Church in Long Ashton near Bristol.  A casual observer seeing the honour guard f…

Andrée Peel (nee Virot) Heroine of the French Resistance – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2019/08/18/a...

Opertation Banner (Northern Ireland) News clips from the 1970’s. Alan Malcher

Opertation Banner (Northern Ireland) News clips from the 1970’s. – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2026/02/10/o...

Corporal Paul Edward Harman Intelligence Corps in Northern Ireland (Operation Banner) Corporal Paul Edward Harman was killed during operation Banner (Northern Ireland) on 14 December 1977. Paul was alone whilst driving an unmarked civilian vehicle along the Monagh Road in the Turf L…

Corporal Paul Edward Harman Intelligence Corps in Northern Ireland (Operation Banner) – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2025/12/14/c...

Undercover Soldiers in Nortthern Ireland during Operation Banner. (Text and photograph from Facebook account: British & Commonwealth Forces Past, Present and Future – I have no connection with this account.) Operation Banner (Northern Ireland) 1969- 200…

Undercover Soldiers in Nortthern Ireland during Operation Banner. – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2026/02/06/u...

British Army in Northern Ireland 1969 to 2007 EDITORIAL NOTE – I agree with a recent comment pointing out the title is misleading and it should be noted all branches of the military played an essential role in this operation, not just th…

British Army in Northern Ireland 1969 to 2007 – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2019/07/16/b...

Operation Banner (Northern Ireland) This news clip is dated 1972 but there is no source.

Operation Banner (Northern Ireland) – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2026/02/05/o...

Filip Johansen: SOE Denmark Section (Code name Artichoke) On the morning of 9 April 1940 Germany attacked Denmark and after sporadic fighting    during which cities and towns were bombed by the Luftwaffe the Danish government decided the German military w…

Filip Johansen: SOE Denmark Section (Code name Artichoke) – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2025/10/17/f...

Jan Baalsrud MBE (1917-1988) SOE Norwegian Section (Image source Unknown) In early 1943 Baalsrud was part of Operation Martin consisting of three other Norwegian agents who were taken to Norway by a clandestine fishing boat with a Norwegian crew of…

Jan Baalsrud MBE (1917-1988) SOE Norwegian Section – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2023/12/13/j...

Jan Baalsrud MBE (1917-1988) SOE Norwegian Section (Image source Unknown) In early 1943 Baalsrud was part of Operation Martin consisting of three other Norwegian agents who were taken to Norway by a clandestine fishing boat with a Norwegian crew of…

Jan Baalsrud MBE (1917-1988) SOE Norwegian Section – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2023/12/13/j...

Special Operations Executive (SOE) Norwegian Section Three-part television documentary describing a series of actions taken by  SOE Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the German nuclear energy project from acquiring heavy water which …

Special Operations Executive (SOE) Norwegian Section – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2020/02/16/s...

The ‘Shetland Bus’. Members of the ‘Shetland Bus’ during WW2.The nickname of a Norwegian clandestine special operations group that linked the Shetland’s in Scotland to German-occupied Norway from 194…

The ‘Shetland Bus’. – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2023/11/29/t...

Another lesser known British Campaign during the Cold War Period: Aden 1963-1967 The Aden Emergency was against communist insurgents, the National Liberation Front For the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) and the National Liberation Front who were supported by the Sov…

Another lesser known British Campaign during the Cold War Period: Aden 1963-1967 – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2023/11/30/a...

The Battle of Mirbat, Oman, 19 July 1972: 22nd Special Air Service Regiment. Talaiasai Labalaba (known as Laba) who some soldiers said should have been awarded the VC. Memorial to Laba of B Squadron 22 SAS who was KIA during the battle. Laba was born in Nawaka, Fiji on 13 J…

The Battle of Mirbat, Oman, 19 July 1972: 22nd Special Air Service Regiment. – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/12/14/t...

Corporal Paul Edward Harman Intelligence Corps in Northern Ireland (Operation Banner) Corporal Paul Edward Harman was killed during operation Banner (Northern Ireland) on 14 December 1977. Paul was alone whilst driving an unmarked civilian vehicle along the Monagh Road in the Turf L…

Corporal Paul Edward Harman Intelligence Corps in Northern Ireland (Operation Banner) – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2025/12/14/c...

Captain Robert Nairac, GC (Northern Ireland) Robert Nairac was born in British Mauritius in 1948, not in Ireland as some journalists have stated, and his only connection with Ireland before joining the army was  during his time as a post…

Captain Robert Nairac, GC (Northern Ireland) – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2019/08/15/c...

Britain’s Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA: Agents of Influence, by Aaron Edwards ( Published March 2021) Dr Aaron Edwards who I have known for several years is well known for his ground-breaking research on the intelligence war in Northern Ireland (Operation Banner) and his last publication UVF Behind…

Britain’s Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA: Agents of Influence, by Aaron Edwards ( Published March 2021) – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2020/09/21/b...

Alexander Vass: SOE Hungarian Section wireless operator Alexander Vass was born in Limburg, Germany, he spoke fluent Hungarian and was a child when his family moved to Canada and became naturalised Canadians.  In early 1943 Vass enlisted into the R…

Alexander Vass: SOE Hungarian Section wireless operator – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2022/12/20/a...

SS Panzer Division Das Reich and Der Fûhrer: War Crimes in France after the Normandy Landings As with most countries under German occupation during the Second World War there were many war crimes against civilians and in the case of France, two of the best documented are the massacre of civ…

SS Panzer Division Das Reich and Der Fûhrer: War Crimes in France after the Normandy Landings – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2022/02/06/s...

The Mazabotto Massacre, Italy 1944 5th October marks the anniversary of the Mazabotto Massacre (29 September to 5 October 1944) also called the massacre of Monte Sole, Italy. Italian Partisans (Resistance fighters) After German troo…

The Mazabotto Massacre, Italy 1944 – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/10/06/t...

Robert Byerly the widely unknown American who served with Britain’s SOE The American Virginia Hall and her wartime service with SOE is well known but Robert Byerly is less well documented and is sometimes wrongly described as a Canadian. When Germany invaded France in …

Robert Byerly the widely unknown American who served with Britain’s SOE – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2022/08/20/r...

Marcel Pinte the six-year old who worked for the French Resistance (Musee Resistance) French Resistance. Six-year old Marcel Pinte worked for the resistance carrying secret messages to various parts of the resistance network and his father, Eugéne Pinte (aka La Ga…

Marcel Pinte the six-year old who worked for the French Resistance – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/10/04/m...

SOE: The French Grand Prix Drivers William Grover-Williams was born in Montrough Hauts-de-Seine, France on 16 January 1903 to an English father and French mother and spoke fluent French and English. By the age of 29 he was a well-kn…

SOE: The French Grand Prix Drivers – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2023/07/11/s...

Robert Benoist, SOE (Special Operations Executive) Robert Benoist was a French Grand Prix racing driver who escaped to England when France was occupied in 1940. Whilst in England he successfully passed selection and training for the Special …

Robert Benoist, SOE (Special Operations Executive) – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/01/30/r...

Marcel Pinte the six-year old who worked for the French Resistance (Musee Resistance) French Resistance. Six-year old Marcel Pinte worked for the resistance carrying secret messages to various parts of the resistance network and his father, Eugéne Pinte (aka La Ga…

Marcel Pinte the six-year old who worked for the French Resistance – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/10/04/m...

The SOE Agent in France and her husband working for the Gestapo. Suzanne Warenghem (Warren) who served with SOE DF Section in France Due to conspiracy theories and published accounts which vary considerably the story of Suzanne Warenghem and her treacherous husb…

The SOE Agent in France and her husband working for the Gestapo. – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/05/19/t...

The SOE Agent in France and her husband working for the Gestapo. Suzanne Warenghem (Warren) who served with SOE DF Section in France Due to conspiracy theories and published accounts which vary considerably the story of Suzanne Warenghem and her treacherous husb…

The SOE Agent in France and her husband working for the Gestapo. – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/05/19/t...

Jacques Desoubrie: Belgium double agent working for the Gestapo during WW2 Desoubrie was born in Luingne, Belgium on 22 October 1922 and grew up in Tourcoing on the French border where he trained as an electrician. He is said to have spoken perfect English and unlike othe…

Jacques Desoubrie: Belgium double agent working for the Gestapo during WW2 – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/11/08/j...

Jacques Desoubrie: Belgium double agent working for the Gestapo during WW2 Desoubrie was born in Luingne, Belgium on 22 October 1922 and grew up in Tourcoing on the French border where he trained as an electrician. He is said to have spoken perfect English and unlike othe…

Jacques Desoubrie: Belgium double agent working for the Gestapo during WW2 – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/11/08/j...

The Dumon Sisters and the Belgium Resistance during WW2. ‘Michou’ Dumon with her husband, Pierre Ugeux who served with SOE (Comete line) Micheline Dumon (code names Lily and Michou) served with the Belgium Resistance and worked on the Comet E…

The Dumon Sisters and the Belgium Resistance during WW2. – Alan Malcher alanmalcher.com/2021/11/07/t...