Tag: Military

H.G. Wells: The War Of Words In Bermuda

One of the 20th century’s most utopian visionaries and one of the leading architects of its most evil ideology had an entirely unlikely — and predictably uncomfortable — encounter at a Bermuda tea party in the early days of World War Two [1939-45]. Considered one of the founding fathers of science fiction along with Jules Verne for... Read more of this article

Bermuda Historical Society Launches New Book

The Bermuda Historical Society’s new collection of gripping essays about the island’s long and often colourful military history includes accounts of the black Bermudian airmen who flew with the Royal Air Force in World War Two, the captured German U-boat hidden here during that conflict and Winston Churchill’s daring 1942 flight... Read more of this article

Photos/Video: RAF Military Aircraft Depart

Some of the military aircraft from the Royal Air Force that arrived yesterday were back on the runway today [Jan 23] at the LF Wade International Airport. Led by the VC-10, four Typhoons followed the large aircraft from the north ramp towards the runway. As passing motorists saw the activity, many stopped on the roadside to take photos and watch the... Read more of this article

1777: The US Navy & The Battle Of Wreck Hill

On August 14, 1775, a group of Bermudians led by Colonel Henry Tucker collaborated with Benjamin Franklin and other patriots in the rebellious American colonies, coordinating the audacious theft of gunpowder from the British Magazine in St. George’s which was then shipped to George Washington’s Continental Army. In the immediate aftermath... Read more of this article

Tommy Fox: St. David’s Uncrowned King

He was known as “King Tommy” — the uncrowned King of St. David’s Island — and once decided to establish the veracity of the Biblical story of Jonah by demonstrating it was possible for a man to crawl into the stomach of a whale. Henry Mortimer [Tommy] Fox [1860-1942] was a whaler, fisherman and renowned authority on hurricanes,... Read more of this article

Video: Greenberg On Bermuda Culture

CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg is recommending visitors dispense with the Bermuda guide books and instead take the history books along when they go exploring the island. Mr. Greenberg — who hosted his nationally syndicated radio travel show from the Fairmont Southampton when he was in Bermuda earlier this year — featured some of... Read more of this article

Mystery Of Sub Lost After Leaving Bermuda

The giant Free French submarine “Surcouf” — which vanished after leaving Bermuda during World War Two [1939-45] and has long been the subject of controversy and conspiracy theories — is the subject of a lengthy report in the latest issue of a Nova Scotian naval journal. “Bosun’s Call”, the Nova Scotia Naval... Read more of this article

UK Soldier Who Served Here Now A Beefeater

A British soldier once attached to the Bermuda Regiment has joined an elite band of UK Royal bodyguards, nicknamed Beefeaters, which has been in existence since the 16th century. There are just 36 Beefeaters who work for the Royal Palaces and in the past they would have overseen prisoners at the Tower of London and safeguarded the crown jewels. These... Read more of this article

Talbot Brothers’ Nuclear ‘Apocalypso’

This is the way the world ends — not with a bang but with a wop-bop-a-loo-la, a-lop-bam-boom. Bermuda’s own Talbot Brothers are being credited with helping to originate the songbook of 20th century popular music classics inspired by fears of a countdown to nuclear armageddon. “In 1957 the Talbot Brothers of Bermuda invented... Read more of this article

Free E-Book: American & Bermuda Relations [1907]

Take a walk back in history with this e-book “Relations between Bermuda and the American colonies during the revolutionary war”. Written by A.E Verrill [1839-1926] and published in 1907, it has been digitized and placed online courtesy of the American Library of Congress. Book excerpts: The population in 1787 was estimated at 10,381, of... Read more of this article