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Wife</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-14T10:56:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2020/07/07/the-day-that-churchill-sank-the-french-fleet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/main-qimg-aa7613f58770e2c346591ae9bd16a89d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>main-qimg-aa7613f58770e2c346591ae9bd16a89d</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gensoul-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gensoul 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/375px-croiseur_de_bataille_strasbourg_03-07-1940.jpg</image:loc><image:title>375px-Croiseur_de_bataille_Strasbourg_03-07-1940</image:title><image:caption>French Cruiser the 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the Few</image:title><image:caption>On the set of The First of the Few</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gone-with-the-wind.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gone With The WInd</image:title><image:caption>Leslie Howard in Gone With The Wind</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/leslie-howard-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leslie Howard 1</image:title><image:caption>Leslie HOward</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-20T20:21:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2020/05/21/recommended-read-i-claudius-by-robert-graves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/i-claudius.jpg</image:loc><image:title>I 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London</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/c2a9-iwm-mh-21835.jpg</image:loc><image:title>© IWM (MH 21835)</image:title><image:caption>© IWM (MH 21835)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/c2a9-iwm-h-41849.jpg</image:loc><image:title>© IWM (H 41849)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/imgid40226755.jpg.gallery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgID40226755.jpg.gallery</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dh87ph-2560x2030-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>dh87ph-2560x2030</image:title><image:caption>VE Day in  London</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2</image:title><image:caption>Building a bonfire to 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spies</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-21T14:29:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2020/03/06/the-battleship-which-failed-to-deliver-the-german-warship-tirpitz/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tromsc3b6_royal_air_force_bomber_command_1942-1945_cl2830.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tromsö,_Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945_CL2830</image:title><image:caption>The end of the Tirpitz © IWM (CL 2830)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/photo092.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo092</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/default.jpg</image:loc><image:title>default</image:title><image:caption>The Fleet Air Arm preparing for the attack on the TIRPITZ, April 1944 © IWM (TR 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Sword</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-21T08:34:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2020/01/07/china-pays-the-price-for-pearl-harbor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/doolittle-and-his-crew-after-landidng-in-china-edited-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doolittle and his crew after landidng in China edited</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/doolittle1200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>doolittle1200</image:title><image:caption>American airmen with some of their Chinese rescuers</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/doolittle-and-his-crew-after-landidng-in-china-edited.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doolittle and his crew after landidng in China edited</image:title><image:caption>Doolittle and his crew after crash landing in  China</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/b-25-taking-off-from-uss-hornet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B-25 taking off from USS Hornet</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/james_h_doolittle_medal_bomb-edited.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James_H_Doolittle_medal_bomb edited</image:title><image:caption>James H Doolittle with some of his Raiders</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-07T14:52:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/12/21/recommended-read-dictator-by-robert-harris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dictator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dictator</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-21T12:07:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/12/07/pearl-harbor-7th-december-1941-a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/arizona-memoria.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arizona Memoria</image:title><image:caption>Arizona Memorial © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pearl-harbor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pearl 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December 1941. In the background an explosion sends a ball of flame into the air. © IWM (OEM 21469) </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/husband_kimmel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Husband_Kimmel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/default.jpg</image:loc><image:title>default</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pearl-harbor-hawaii-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pearl-harbor-hawaii-map</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-23T07:43:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/11/21/recommended-read-black-sheep-by-susan-hill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/black-sheep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Sheep</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-21T10:38:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/11/08/the-cenotaph/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dscn4950-crop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN4950-crop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/flags.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flags</image:title><image:caption>The White Ensign, Union Flag, and Blue Ensign on the Cenotaph.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/unveiling.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unveiling</image:title><image:caption>Unveiling the Cenotaph</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/unveiling-of-permanent-enotaph-gerge-v-11-no-1920.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unveiling of permanent enotaph Gerge V 11 No 1920</image:title><image:caption>Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph in Whitehall by His Majesty 
King George V, 11 November 1920 © Copyright Imperial War Museum
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/british_victory_march_london_july_19th_1919.jpg</image:loc><image:title>british_victory_march_london_july_19th_1919</image:title><image:caption>British victory march 19th July 1919
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/peace-day.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peace-day</image:title><image:caption>Peace Parade 19th July 1919</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-08T11:21:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/10/22/recommended-read-the-balloonist-by-james-long/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-balloonist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Balloonist</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-22T11:33:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/10/11/the-worst-journey-in-the-world-the-arctic-convoys-of-world-war-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wartime-memorial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wartime-memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/11-arctic_star_medal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11 Arctic_Star_medal</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/8-330px-sirdudleypound.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8 330px-SirDudleyPound</image:title><image:caption>Sir Dudley Pound</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/7-tirpitz_altafjord.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 Tirpitz_altafjord</image:title><image:caption>Tirpitz</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6-pq17_uss_wainwright.png</image:loc><image:title>6 PQ17_USS_Wainwright</image:title><image:caption>USS Wainright</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/330px-inf3-130_war_effort_arms_for_russia_-_a_great_convoy_sails_into_murmansk_artist_blake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>330px-INF3-130_War_Effort_Arms_for_Russia_-_a_great_convoy_sails_into_Murmansk_Artist_Blake</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/4-loch-ewe-6-inch-gun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4 loch-ewe-6-inch-gun</image:title><image:caption>Loch Ewe during the war</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/3-hms_sheffield_frost.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3 HMS_Sheffield_frost</image:title><image:caption>Ice forms on a 20-inch signal projector on the cruiser HMS Sheffield while she is helping to escort an Arctic convoy to Russia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-01-11T18:14:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/09/17/recommended-read-the-woman-in-the-photograph-by-stephanie-butland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-woman-in-th-photograph.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Woman in th Photograph</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-17T14:28:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/09/08/the-sweet-scent-of-collaboration-coco-chanel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/10-coco1970.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10 COCO1970</image:title><image:caption>Coco Chanel 1970</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6-sleeping-with-the-enemy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6 sleeping with the enemy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dinklage-document.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dinklage document</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9-felix-amiot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9 felix amiot</image:title><image:caption>Felix Amiot</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/8-pierre-w.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8 pierre w</image:title><image:caption>Pierre Wertheimer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/7-paul-w.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 paul w</image:title><image:caption>Paul Wertheimer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2-hugh-richard-arthur-grosvenor-duke-of-westminster-and-coco-chanel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 hugh-richard-arthur-grosvenor-duke-of-westminster-and-coco-chanel</image:title><image:caption>Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, and Coco Cchanel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1-1920-coco-chanel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coco Chanel</image:title><image:caption>Coco Chanel 1920</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-30T21:55:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/08/21/recommended-read-a-dangerous-inheritance-by-alison-weir/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-dangerous-inheritance.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Dangerous Inheritance</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-21T17:40:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/08/07/a-life-on-the-line-soe-radio-operators-in-the-second-world-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/paraset-mk-ii-1943.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paraset Mk II 1943</image:title><image:caption>Paraset Mk II, 1943</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-17T15:33:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/08/10/the-forgotten-soldiers-of-the-second-world-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5-indian-forces-in-france-c2a9-iwm-f-3923.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5 Indian Forces in France © IWM (F 3923)</image:title><image:caption>Indian Forces in France © IWM (F 3923)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/7-memorial-gates-hyde-park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 Memorial Gates, Hyde Park</image:title><image:caption>Memorial Gates, Hyde Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2-british-indian-army-in-the-middle-east-c2a9-iwm-e-8771.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 British Indian Army in the Middle East © IWM (E 8771)</image:title><image:caption>THE BRITISH INDIAN ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1940-1943 (E 8771) Troops of one of the Indian mule pack companies watering their mules at drinking thoughs in a camp in Lebanon, 24 February 1942. Exact location unknown. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205409521</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/6-indian-air-force-in-burma-c2a9-iwm-ind-3111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6 Indian Air Force in Burma © IWM (IND 3111)</image:title><image:caption>Indian Air Force in Burma © IWM (IND 3111)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/3-british-indian-army-in-india-c2a9-iwm-ind-3498.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3 British Indian Army in India © IWM (IND 3498)</image:title><image:caption>British Indian Army in India © IWM (IND 3498)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1-indian-forces-in-north-africa-c2a9-iwm-e-3660.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1 Indian forces in North Africa © IWM (E 3660)</image:title><image:caption> Indian forces in North Africa © IWM (E 3660)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-10T12:37:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/07/22/july-2019-to-the-bright-edge-of-the-world-by-eowyn-ivey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/to-the-bright-edge-of-the-world.jpg</image:loc><image:title>To The Bright Edge Of The World</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-22T11:05:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/07/07/spy-in-the-sky-the-photographic-reconnaissance-unit-in-the-second-world-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12</image:title><image:caption>ROYAL AIR FORCE: CENTRAL INTERPRETATION UNIT © IWM (CH 16105)/ ALLIED CENTRAL INTERPRETATION UNIT, 1941-1945. (CH 16105) Flight Lieutenant H H Williams demonstrates the Wild A5 'Stereo-autograph' plotting machine to press visitors at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire.  A vital piece of photogrammetric equipment, the Wild A5 produced accurate maps from stereoscopic pairs of photographs, and was in constant use at the CIU and ACIU throughout the war. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196665</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/10-bundesarchiv_bild_146-1973-029a-24a_marschflugkc3b6rper_v1_vor_start.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marschflugkörper V1 vor Start</image:title><image:caption>V1 vor dem Start
Aus guter Deckung wird "V1" an die Abschußstelle gerollt. Der Start erfolgt durch eine Pressluftanlage. Mit Hilfe eines Fernlenkverfahrens trifft die "V1" das befohlene Ziel. Die gleichbleibend hohe Geschwindigkeit, die von keinem Feindjäger erreicht wird, erhält "V1" von einem Raketenantrieb. Diese erste deutsche Vergeltungswaffe ist eine hervorragende Schöpfung unserer Luftrüstung.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/10-v1-ready-for-launch-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>C10/V-1</image:title><image:caption>V-1 ready for launch</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/9-peenemunde-raid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9</image:title><image:caption>Aftermath of the Peenemunde raid</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/9-450px-la_coupole_helfaut-wizernes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9 450px-La_Coupole,_Helfaut-Wizernes</image:title><image:caption>La Coupole at Helfaut-Wizernes</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/8-wild-a6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8 Wild A6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/7-peenemunde-165515.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 Peenemunde-165515</image:title><image:caption>Peenemunde</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/6medmenham2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6medmenham2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5-dirk-bogarde.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5 Dirk Bogarde</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-09T14:30:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/06/21/the-fire-court-by-andrew-taylor-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-fire-court.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Fire Court</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-21T09:46:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/06/13/britains-baby-blitz-the-worlds-first-jet-propelled-missiles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/8-liberation-of-dora-a-former-prisoner-lying-amongst-the-sorpses.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Liberation of Dora, a former prisoner lying amongst the corpses</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/7-v2-damage-8th-september-1844-c2a9-iwm-hu-88803.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>V2 damage 8th September 1944 © IWM (HU 88803)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/6-v2-labelled-nach-england-to-england-c2a9-iwm-bu-3238.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>V2 labelled nach England, to England © IWM (BU 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Antheil</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-hedy_lamarr_publicity_photo_for_the_heavenly_body_1944.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-Hedy_Lamarr_Publicity_Photo_for_The_Heavenly_Body_1944</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-08T12:56:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/04/21/recommended-read-lionheart-by-sharon-penman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/lionheart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lionheart</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-21T17:21:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/04/07/cavalry-tanks-and-a-german-propaganda-coup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mokra.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>The monument to the Wołyńska Cavalry 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Savoia Cavalleria at Isbuscenskij, August, 24, 1942, one of the last cavalry charges of WW2</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-07T08:54:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/03/21/the-words-in-my-hand-by-guinevere-glasfurd/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-words-in-my-hand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Words In My Hand</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-21T11:04:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/03/11/how-radar-helped-to-win-the-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/radar-towers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>radar towers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wc3bcrzburg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Frankreich, Radargerät 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Hülsmeyer</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-12T21:58:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/02/25/canvey-island-by-james-runcie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/canvey-island-e1551084770533.jpg</image:loc><image:title>canvey island</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-13T02:04:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/02/16/v-for-victory-the-sign-which-churchill-appropriated-from-the-belgians/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ve-day.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ve day</image:title><image:caption>The ground crew of a Lancaster bomber return the 'V for Victory' sign projected into the sky by a neighbouring searchlight crew on VE Day. 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on a road in Norway the V sign cradeling the initials of King Haakon VII</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/victor-de-laveleye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>victor de laveleye</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-16T10:44:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/01/14/january-2019-barkskins-by-annie-proulx/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/barkskins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>barkskins</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-14T10:02:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2019/01/01/alexander-wilson-the-puzzling-story-of-a-second-world-war-spy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/One-of-the-novels-written-by-Alexander-Wilson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>One of the novels written by Alexander Wilson</image:title><image:caption>A novel by Alexander Wilson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Shepheards_terrace.jpg</image:loc><image:title>British, Scottish, Australian, Free Fren</image:title><image:caption>Shepheard's Hotel terrace</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Shepheards-Hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shepheards Hotel</image:title><image:caption>Shepheard's Hotel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/King-Farouk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King Farouk</image:title><image:caption>King Farouk</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Nahas-Pasha.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nahas Pasha</image:title><image:caption>Nahas Pasha</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Alison-Wilson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alison Wilson</image:title><image:caption>Alison Wilson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Alexander-Wilson-e1546345656567.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander Wilson</image:title><image:caption>Alexander Wilson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-01T15:22:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/12/16/empire-of-sand-by-robert-ryan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/empire-of-sand-e1544010086496.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Empire of Sand</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-16T12:03:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/12/09/the-longest-five-days-operation-compass-9th-december-1940/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/australian-troops-at-tobruk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Australian troops at Tobruk</image:title><image:caption>Men of the Australian 2nd/11th Battalion, 6th Division pictured during the Battle of Tobruk, 22 January 1941. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/australian-tanks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>australian tanks</image:title><image:caption>Australian tanks</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/italian_soldiers_taken_prisoner_during_operation_compass.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Italian_soldiers_taken_prisoner_during_Operation_Compass</image:title><image:caption>Italian and Libyan Prisoners Of War</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/matildas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>matildas</image:title><image:caption>British 'Matilda' tanks</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/aroured-cars.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aroured cars</image:title><image:caption>Armoured cars in North Africa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>map</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mersa-matruh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mersa Matruh</image:title><image:caption>Mersah Matruh</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-09T19:18:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/11/07/some-corner-of-a-foreign-field-that-is-for-ever-england-cemeteries-of-the-first-world-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/7a185080f8d2876c58cfd766d74f102e4796ccf5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7a185080f8d2876c58cfd766d74f102e4796ccf5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/roses_growing_in_front_of_graves_menin_road_south_military_cemetery_9776870521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Roses_growing_in_front_of_graves,_Menin_Road_South_Military_cemetery_977687052</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/3-menin-gate-cbart-vandenbroucke_tcm13-8856.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3 menin-gate-cbart-vandenbroucke_tcm13-8856</image:title><image:caption>The Menin Gate</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/neuve-chapelle-indian-gj12_orig.jpg</image:loc><image:title>neuve-chapelle-indian-gj12_orig</image:title><image:caption>Cemetery of Indian soldiers at Neuve-Chapelle</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/4-fromelles-pheasant-wood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4 Fromelles Pheasant Wood</image:title><image:caption>Pheasant Wood, Fromelles</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2-cwgc_-_headstone_carving.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 CWGC_-_Headstone_carving</image:title><image:caption>Headstones were carved by hand and would need at least a week to complete</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/6-stone_of_remembrance_tyne_cot_cemetery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6 Stone_of_Remembrance,_Tyne_Cot_Cemetery</image:title><image:caption>Stone of Remembrance, Tyne Cot</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/el_alamein_commonwealth_cemetery_6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>El_Alamein_Commonwealth_Cemetery_6</image:title><image:caption>Dry Landscaping at El Alamein</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/roses_growing_in_front_of_graves_menin_road_south_military_cemetery_977687052-e1541513828322.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Roses_growing_in_front_of_graves,_Menin_Road_South_Military_cemetery_977687052</image:title><image:caption>Roses in Belgium</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/5-cross-of-sacrifice.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5 cross of sacrifice</image:title><image:caption>Cross of Sacrifice</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-07T10:30:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/01/27/carl-lutz-forgotten-hero-of-the-holocaust/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-lookout-to-honour-carl-lutz.png</image:loc><image:title>new lookout to honour Carl Lutz</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/washington-memorial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>washington memorial</image:title><image:caption>Carl Lutz Righteous Among Nations Plaque Washington, DC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/shoe-memorial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shoe memorial</image:title><image:caption>The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial by film director Can Togay anad sculptor Gyula Pauer on the east bank of the River Danube River in memory of the people who were killed by Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during the Second World War. The Jewish victims were ordered to take off their shoes, and were then shot so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/budapest_v-_vadc3a1sz_utca_29-_-_cop_standing_in_line_yellow_star-fortepan_105767.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Budapest,_V._Vadász_utca_29._-_Cop,_standing_in_line,_yellow_star.Fortepan_105767</image:title><image:caption>Jews queuing outside the Swiss Embassy in Budapest</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/carl-at-his-desk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carl at his desk</image:title><image:caption>Carl Lutz in his office at the United States legation, Budapest © Archives of Contemporary History, ETH Zurich / Agnes Hirschi </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/carl_lutz_fortepan_105824.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carl_Lutz_fortepan_105824</image:title><image:caption>Carl Lutz, Budapest 1944 By FOTO:Fortepan — ID 105824  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-09T03:06:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/11/01/the-general-by-c-s-forester/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-general.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The General</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-01T18:42:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/10/22/czech-pilots-of-the-raf/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/josef-koukal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Josef Koukal</image:title><image:caption>Josef 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Noel</image:title><image:caption>Christopher (left) and Noel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/330px-n-g-_chavasse_vc.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Noel Chavasse VC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-10T15:07:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/07/07/the-summer-before-the-war-by-helen-simonson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/the-summer-before-the-war.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Summer Before The War</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-07T15:30:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/06/23/to-war-in-an-ambulance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/michelle-norris-mc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Michelle Norris MC</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/800px-ramc_memorial-ww1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>RAMC World War I memorial, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/alfred_henry_keogh_c1919.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/alfred_downing_fripp_surgeon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alfred_Downing_Fripp_(surgeon)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/525px-gandhi_boer_war.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1024px-balaklava_sick_2.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/james_mcgrigor2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James_McGrigor2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/badge-of-ramc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>badge of 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Boy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-08T20:32:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/05/21/recommended-read-kingmaker-winter-pilgrims-book-1-by-toby-clements/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/kingmaker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kingmaker</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-21T08:59:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/05/10/blitzkrieg-the-lightning-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/fall-of-berlin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall of Berlin</image:title><image:caption>Fall of Berlin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/refugees-on-the-road-crop.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>French refugees, 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Line</image:title><image:caption>The Maginot Line</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/signing-the-armistice.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Signing the Armistice 1940</image:title><image:caption>Signing the Armistice 1940</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-10T05:27:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2018/04/22/the-windsors-at-war-part-3-edward-viii-the-duke-of-windsor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bundesarchiv_bild_102-17964_ordensburg_krc3b6ssinsee_herzog_von_windsor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ordensburg Krössinsee, Herzog von Windsor</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/schloss-marburg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marburg Schloss Luftbild</image:title><image:caption>Marburg Castle</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bahamas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bahamas</image:title><image:caption>Governor of the Bahamas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wallis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wallis</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/edward-and-wallis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>edward and wallis</image:title><image:caption>The Duke and Duchess of Windsor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/edward-with-hitler.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The Duke  and Duchess of Windsor visit Hitler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wallis-and-hitler.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wallis Simpson and 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Wars</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-08T17:02:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/03/27/a-bombers-guidebook-the-baedeker-raids/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mass-grave-for-victims-of-the-bombing-of-lubeck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mass-grave-for-victims-of-the-bombing-of-lubeck</image:title><image:caption>Mass grave for the  victims of the bombing of Lubeck</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cologne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cologne</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bath.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bath</image:title><image:caption>Bath after the 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Christmas..© IWM (D 23619)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/war-savings-e1513587614862.jpg</image:loc><image:title>War Savings</image:title><image:caption>Poster issued by the National Savings Committee. © IWM (Art.IWM PST 16433)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-18T09:01:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/12/09/belgravia-by-julian-fellowes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/belgravia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Belgravia</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-09T08:54:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/11/24/the-orphans-tale-by-pam-jenoff/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-orphans-tale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Orphans Tale</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-24T11:06:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/11/19/joy-lofthouse-the-girl-who-flew-for-the-raf-in-the-second-world-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/joy-lofthouse-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>joy lofthouse 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/joy-lofthouse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>joy lofthouse</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-20T17:37:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/11/10/the-graves-at-mersa-matruh/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/desertgrave2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Desertgrave2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/desertgrave1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Desertgrave1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/signallershoms1943.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SignallersHoms1943</image:title><image:caption>Signallers 1943 (Homs)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mersa-matruh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mersa Matruh</image:title><image:caption>THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA (E 90) Men of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) camouflaging a gun position at Mersa Matruh, 28 May 1940. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193447</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-08T15:46:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/10/23/sashenka-by-simon-sebag-montefiore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/index.jpg</image:loc><image:title>index</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-23T18:04:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/10/10/the-only-thing-that-ever-really-frightened-churchill-the-battle-of-the-atlantic/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imperial-war-museum-collections-object-205133324.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imperial War Museum Collections object 205133324</image:title><image:caption>1943 (AX 44A) The Dutch tug ZWARTE ZEE tows back to harbour a blazing American freighter, probably the SS FLORA MACDONALD which had been torpedoed by a U-boat in the Atlantic during a convoy from Marshall, Liberia to Freetown, Sierra Leone, 29 May 1943. Copyright: © IWM. object/205133324</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imperial-war-museum-collections-object-205140741.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imperial War Museum Collections object 205140741</image:title><image:caption>28 NOVEMBER TO 10 DECEMBER 1941, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS VANOC. (A 6633) The officer of the watch dressed for the weather during an Atlantic winter. Copyright: © IWM. object/205140741</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imerial-war-museum-collections-object-205139891.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imerial War Museum Collections object 205139891</image:title><image:caption>On board a destroyer on  escort duty Copyright: © IWM. object/205139891</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imperial-war-museum-collections-object-205194536.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imperial War Museum Collections object 205194536</image:title><image:caption>Anti-Submarine Weapons: A Mk VII depth charge being loaded onto a Mk IV depth charge thrower on board HMS DIANTHUS. Copyright: © IWM. 
 object/205194536</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imperial-war-museum-collections-object-205139887.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imperial War Museum Collections object 205139887</image:title><image:caption>A seaman on watch at sea. Copyright: © IWM. object/205139887</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imperial-war-museum-collections-object-205194526.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imperial War Museum Collections object 205194526</image:title><image:caption>Shipping losses: HMS BARHAM listing to port after being torpedoed by U 331. HMS VALIANT is in the background. Photograph taken from HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH. Copyright: © IWM. object/205194526</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imperial-war-museum-collections-object-205194304.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imperial War Museum collections object 205194304</image:title><image:caption>A German U-Boat commander tracking a British merchant ship through his periscope during an attack on a convoy, 10-20 June 1942. Copyright: © IWM. object/205194304</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imperial-war-museum-collections-object-205022049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Imperial War Museum Collections object 205022049</image:title><image:caption>HMS BARHAM explodes as her 15 inch magazine ignites, 25 November 1941. Copyright: © IWM. object/205022049</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-11T16:09:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/09/18/life-or-death-communications-the-use-of-codes-by-britains-spies-in-the-second-world-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/soemarksp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leo MArks</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/330px-samuel_morse_1840.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Samuel Morse</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-18T06:36:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/09/11/recommended-read-at-break-of-day-by-elizabeth-speller/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/51coxwy6hvl-_sx316_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-11T11:19:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/09/04/children-at-war-and-when-did-you-last-see-your-father/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/william_frederick_yeames_-_and_when_did_you_last_see_your_father-_-_google_art_project.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William_Frederick_Yeames_-_And_when_did_you_last_see_your_father-_-_Google_Art_Project</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-04T20:14:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/08/22/civil-war-in-england-the-raising-of-the-kings-standard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/raising-the-kings-standard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Raising the King's Standard</image:title><image:caption>Raising the King's Standard</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/john-pym.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Pym</image:title><image:caption>John Pym</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thomas-wentworth-1st-earl-of-strafford-by-sir-anthony-van-dyck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford by Sir Anthony Van Dyck</image:title><image:caption>Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford by Sir Anthony Van Dyck</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-27T02:53:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/08/16/recommended-read-first-of-the-tudors-by-joanna-hickson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/first-of-the-tudors.jpg</image:loc><image:title>First Of The Tudors</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-16T12:32:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/05/22/the-women-who-spied-for-britain/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/women-monument.jpg</image:loc><image:title>women monument</image:title><image:caption>Mnument remembering all women who played a part in winninng the Second World War</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/noor_inayat_khan.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Noor_Inayat_Khan</image:title><image:caption>Noor Inayat Khan, a member of the SOE who was executed by the Germans</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/virginia_hall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Virginia_Hall</image:title><image:caption>Virgina Hall</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kofferset_3mk_ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kofferset_3MK_II</image:title><image:caption>Radio ised by SOE agents</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-30T08:22:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/07/18/whats-in-a-name-the-union-flag-or-the-union-jack/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1280px-flag_of_the_united_kingdom-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>1280px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/22529-004-ed1907be.jpg</image:loc><image:title>22529-004-ED1907BE</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9b3881c613b4739c9ba9e776685c2694-wales-flag-welsh-dragon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9b3881c613b4739c9ba9e776685c2694--wales-flag-welsh-dragon</image:title><image:caption>The Welsh dragon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ireland-stpatrickscross.gif</image:loc><image:title>ireland-stpatrickscross</image:title><image:caption>St Patrick's cross, the flag of Northern Ireland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/st_andrews_cross.gif</image:loc><image:title>st_andrews_cross</image:title><image:caption>St Andrew's cross, the flag of Scotland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/flag-uk-st-georges-cross.gif</image:loc><image:title>flag-uk-st-georges-cross</image:title><image:caption>St George's cross, the flag of England</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-10T15:18:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/07/11/recommended-read-csardas-by-diane-pearson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/csardas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Csardas</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-17T23:18:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/07/02/yorkshires-forgotten-battle-marston-moor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sir-thomas-fairfax.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sir Thomas Fairfax</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/battle-of-marston-moor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Battle of Marston Moor</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/prince-rupert-of-the-rhine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prince Rupert of the Rhine</image:title><image:caption>Prince Rupert of the Rhine</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/marston-moor-memorial_1_0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marston moor memorial_1_0</image:title><image:caption>Memorial to those who fell during the Battle of Marston Moor.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-02T16:50:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/06/20/paris-by-edward-rutherfurd/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/paris.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paris</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-01T14:29:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/06/27/caring-for-your-precious-items-book-preservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tools-used-in-book-conservation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Smithsonian Institution Libraries 2012 - Pennsy Restoration Lab</image:title><image:caption>Tools used in book conservation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/17th-century-bible.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17th century bible</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-27T12:43:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/06/09/the-fruits-that-won-the-war-mulberry-harbours/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/arromanches-1-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arromanches 1 (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/arromanches-1-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arromanches 1 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/d-day.jpg</image:loc><image:title>D Day</image:title><image:caption>D Day Copyright: © IWM. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/arromanches-1-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arromanches</image:title><image:caption>German coastal defences at Arromanches</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/diepe-raid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diepe Raid</image:title><image:caption>THE DIEPPE RAID, 1942 (HU 1904) Tanks and landing craft burning on the beach after the Allied raid on Dieppe. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205087089</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-12T09:30:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/05/16/recommended-read-the-light-between-oceans-by-m-l-stedman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-light-between-oceans.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Light Between Oceans</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-16T12:29:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/05/26/operation-dynamo-the-miracle-of-dunkirk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dunkirk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Operation Dynamo - men wait in an orderly fashion for their turn to be rescued.</image:title><image:caption>Operation Dynamo - men wait in an orderly fashion for their turn to be rescued.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-10T09:05:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/01/19/spying-in-europe-the-work-of-the-soe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/violette_szabo_iwm_photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Violette_Szabo_IWM_photo</image:title><image:caption>Violette Szabo</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/9.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Mauthausen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Tania Szabo, daughter of late British-French WWII Special Operations Executive (SOE) secret agent Violette Szabo, at a memorial for the women who served as agents.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6-beaulieu-palace-house2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Beaulieu House</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3-spy2.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/7-large.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Parachute training</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4-arisaighse01.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Arisaig House</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2-glenmmorevisit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Training in Scotland</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/soe.png</image:loc><image:title>SOE</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-09T09:06:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/05/06/a-british-game-of-thrones/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1606-union-vector-flag_9269.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1606-union-vector-flag_9269</image:title><image:caption>Union Flag</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/james-i-family-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James I family tree</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jamesiengland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JamesIEngland</image:title><image:caption>James I</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-06T09:00:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/04/24/experience-an-english-civil-war-battle-near-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cannon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cannon</image:title><image:caption>Cannon (copyright Sealed Knot)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf2894s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dscf2894s</image:title><image:caption>Army camp (copyright English Civil War Society)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/all_arms-825x510.jpg</image:loc><image:title>all_arms-825x510</image:title><image:caption>Copyright English Civil War Society</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/musketeer_0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>musketeer_0</image:title><image:caption>Musketeers (copyright Sealed Knot)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cavalry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cavalry</image:title><image:caption>Cavalry (copyright Sealed Knot)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-24T09:55:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/04/11/horror-in-the-beech-forest-the-liberation-of-buchenwald-11th-april-1945/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/buchenwald_memorial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/buchenwaldgate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BuchenwaldGate</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/allied-soldiers-liberate-buchenwald.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Allied soldiers liberate Buchenwald</image:title><image:caption>Allied soldiers liberate Buchenwald</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/jedemdasseine04.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jedemdasseine04</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/prisoners.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prisoners</image:title><image:caption>Prisoners during a roll call at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
— US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Durrant</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/william-alfred-savage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William Alfred Savage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/stephen-halden-beattie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stephen Halden Beattie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/robert_edward_dudley_ryder.gif</image:loc><image:title>Robert_Edward_Dudley_Ryder</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/france-august-2004-053.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Many of those who died in the raid are buried 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Campbeltown"</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-19T21:42:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2015/11/06/do-you-know-how-to-wear-your-poppy-and-what-it-means/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/in-flanders-fields.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/poppy.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:42:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/02/22/food-for-thought-digging-for-victory-in-the-second-world-war-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/portlandrosegarden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PortlandRoseGarden</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/coventry-1940-595x498.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coventry-1940-595x498</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pig-poster.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pig 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balloons</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:40:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/04/25/will-the-real-captain-mainwaring-please-stand-up/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/home-guard-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home guard 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/home-guard-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home guard 5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/home-guard-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home guard 7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/home-guard-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home guard 4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/home-guard-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home guard 6</image:title><image:caption>PKT3310 - 235917

1943

H.G. TRAINING
Lessons on Spigot mortar, anti tank and personnel gun.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/home-guard-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home guard 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/home-guard-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home-guard 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:39:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/06/28/under-the-jackboot/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/6.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Allied bombing of Caen</image:title><image:caption>Allied bombing of Caen (Normandy, France) in 1944     Date: 1944</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2.png</image:loc><image:title>2</image:title><image:caption>Germn soldiers in  Paris</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/4a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:37:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/08/28/one-mans-terrorist-is-another-mans-freedom-fighter-the-french-resistance-during-the-second-world-war/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/members-of-the-maquis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Members of the maquis</image:title><image:caption>Members of the maquis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/members-of-the-maquis-in-la-tresorerie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Members of the Maquis in La Tresorerie</image:title><image:caption>Members of the Maquis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/georges-blind-a-member-of-the-french-resistance-smiling-at-a-german-firing-squad-1944.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Georges Blind, a member of the French resistance, smiling at a German firing squad, 1944</image:title><image:caption>Georges Blind smiles as he faces a German firing squad</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/marie-madeleine-fourcade-bondues-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, Bondues (3)</image:title><image:caption>Marie-Madeleine Foucarde</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cross-of-lorraine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cross of lorraine</image:title><image:caption>Cross of Lorraine</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jewish-resistance.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jewish resistance</image:title><image:caption>Jewish resistance</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/oradourap02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oradourap02</image:title><image:caption>Oradour-sur-Glane</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/soe-in-france.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SOE in France</image:title><image:caption>The SOE in France</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jean-moulin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jean-moulin</image:title><image:caption>Jean Moulin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jean_moulind02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jean_moulind02</image:title><image:caption>Jean Moulin</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:37:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/10/09/oxford-where-north-and-south-are-reversed/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:36:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/11/13/the-night-coventry-will-never-forget/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/86587953_coventryblitz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_86587953_coventryblitz</image:title><image:caption>The morning after</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/85621967_wargrave1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_85621967_wargrave1</image:title><image:caption>Mass grave after the Coventry bombing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ruins-of-coventry-cathedral.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ruins-of-coventry-cathedral</image:title><image:caption>Ruins of Coventry Cathedral</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:36:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/12/10/meet-humpty-dumpty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/humpty-dumpty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>humpty-dumpty</image:title><image:caption>A drawing of the real Humpty Dumpty on Colchester Wall.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-12T03:05:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2016/12/19/nuts-the-siege-of-bastogne-christmas-1944/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9th_armored_engineer_battalion_bastogne_memorial_service2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9th_armored_engineer_battalion_bastogne_memorial_service2</image:title><image:caption>Members of C Company, 9th Engineers, conduct a memorial service for those killed during the siege, 22 January 1945.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bastogne_resupply1944_sm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bastogne_resupply1944_sm</image:title><image:caption>Troops of the 101st Airborne Division watch C-47s drop supplies on Boxing Day 1944</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/infantry_near_bastogne.png</image:loc><image:title>infantry_near_bastogne</image:title><image:caption>American infantry near Bastogne</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/general-mcauliffe-on-the-left.jpg</image:loc><image:title>general-mcauliffe-on-the-left</image:title><image:caption>General McAuliffe (on the left)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/m18-hellcat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>m18-hellcat</image:title><image:caption>American M18 Hellcat</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bastogne_map_december_19-23_1944.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bastogne_map_december_19-23_1944</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-24T09:54:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/01/10/clare-hollingworth-10th-october-1911-10th-january-2017/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/clare-hollingworth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clare-hollingworth</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:34:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/01/23/the-last-invavsion-of-great-britain-overpaid-over-sexed-and-over-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gi-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gi-5</image:title><image:caption>Female gun crew</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gi-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gi-4</image:title><image:caption>London children</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gi-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gi-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gi-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gi-2</image:title><image:caption>London during the blitz</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gi-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GI's in London</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:33:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/01/30/an-incorruptible-crown-the-execution-of-charles-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/charles-i.jpg</image:loc><image:title>charles-i</image:title><image:caption>Charles I</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-20T08:33:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/2017/02/15/the-greatest-defeat-in-british-military-history-the-fall-of-singapore-15th-january-1942/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/war-memorial-for-civilian-victims-of-the-japanese-occupation-of-singapore.jpg</image:loc><image:title>war-memorial-for-civilian-victims-of-the-japanese-occupation-of-singapore</image:title><image:caption>War memorial in memory of the civilian victims of the Japanese occupation of Singapore</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/memorial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>memorial</image:title><image:caption>Memorial to civilians who died during the Japanese occupation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://dorindabalchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/yamashita.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Major A.S. Jack Kenworthy Escorts Lt. General Tomoyuki Yamashita to Trial</image:title><image:caption>Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the "Tiger of Malaya," is arraigned before the War Crimes Commission in Manila, pleading not guilty. He will be confined at New Bilibid Prison until his trial, October 29, 1945, in Manila. Here, Major A. S. "Jack" Kenworthy, Military Police prison officer, delivers Gen. Yamashita to the residence of the Philippine High Commissioner, where Yamashita was held for arraignment in the first step of the war-crime trials to be held in the Pacific. The arraignment was open to the public. Yamashita was brought from his cell in New Bilibid Prison in an ambulance for security reasons. The legitimacy of the hasty trial has been called into question by many, as considerable evidence pointed to the fact that Yamashita was either not aware of the atrocities that were committed, or was unable to properly control his soldiers due to communication disruption caused by the U.S. Army during their offensive. One of the atrocities in Manila was even carried out by a unit that disobeyed his orders to retreat. Following the Supreme Court decision, an appeal for clemency was made to President Truman. The President, however, declined to act and thereby left the matter entirely in the hands of the military. 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