Going nuclear

On the night of 13 March 1944, the Greekregistered steamship SS Peleus was en route from Freetown to Buenos Aires when she was hit amidships by two torpedoes, launched by a German U-boat, U-852. The t

A city of Catholics in the aftermath of nuclear attack

When we think of the U-boat campaign during the Second World War, images often arise of silent predators gliding beneath the waves, steely and lethal, striking fear into Allied convoys. The myth of th

“HAUNTED BY THE SPECTRE OF THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION”

When their B-17 came under attack during a reconnaissance mission in the South Pacific, two crewmen earned the highest award for gallantry

The fighting in Europe was over, but lifting up a shattered nation would be a battle of a different kind