Introduction

Information Page



Allied occupied areas, 15 May 1945, with territory under Allied
control on 1 May 1945 in pink and later Allied gain in red



Final positions of the Western Allied and Soviet armies,
May 8, 1945. Areas not yet occupied also indicated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_contact

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_II#The_liberation_of_Europe

Bikes
http://www.realclassic.co.uk/ridesfiles/dday2009.html

Signalman Peter S Hollingworth (Despatch Rider)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/19/a9030719.shtml
Start from Salisbury Plain
GOLD beach nr Arromanches
Bazenville (B-2)
Vernon
Amiens
Glisy Aerodrome
Eindhoven
Helmond Airfield
Münster
Osnabruck
Luneburg Heath Airfield
- http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafregiment/squadrons/51_sqn_history.cfm
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213856/Uncovered-The-worlds-colour-pictures-Germans-World-War-Two-surrender--taken-clerk-hiding-tree.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinsehlen_Camp
Lubeck Blankensee Airdrome
Travemunde sea plane base
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9186993/Captain-Bobby-Fachiri.html
Hamburg

Google Map Link

Other Veterans:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tees/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8531000/8531137.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/c55452/

WW1 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Motorcycle-Despatch-Rider-During/dp/1846850460
WW2 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Commando-Despatch-Rider-Deutschland-1944-5/dp/1473822920/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420646819&sr=1-2&keywords=despatch+rider
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Knight-Motorbike-Jack-Wood-ebook/dp/B00A4DGW6E/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420646819&sr=1-4&keywords=despatch+rider
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Royal-Signals-Despatch-Rider/dp/1844262138/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420646819&sr=1-6&keywords=despatch+rider