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RAF Bristol Blenheim: This Civilian Airliner Went on WWII Bombing Runs
After France fell, the Blenheims were tasked with day and night attacks against Nazi-occupied ports and installations.
Adelaide RSL searches for origins of 121-year-old diary from WWI left on doorstep
An Adelaide RSL is searching for the mystery owner of what is believed to be a World War I diary after it was left on its ...
RMT and Nautilus unions end Royal Fleet Auxiliary dispute with plea for better resourced UK armed forces
The most significant aspect of the dispute was the refusal of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union leadership, long ...
The Aviationist3h
First MEWSIC Next Generation Electronic Warfare System for Royal Navy Ships Delivered
The Maritime Electronic Warfare System Integrated Capability (MEWSIC) will be integrated onto Type 26 and Type 31 frigates, Type 45 destroyers, and the ...
The National Interest9h
Westland Wessex: This Helicopter Turned Heads in “Full Metal Jacket”
The Westland Wessex was the first helicopter in the world with a gas turbine propulsion system to be produced in large numbers. “Get some! Get some! Get some, baby! Haha, get some! Anyone who runs is ...
Underwater enigma: 80 years later, researchers uncover fate of missing submarine
After more than eight decades, new research has revisited the clues from a World War II covert operation lost beneath the ...
Who Names US Navy Ships?
The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...
El País in English1d
The recovered newsreels that recounted the Spanish Civil War in the US: ‘A nation divided threatens to destroy itself’
A foundation is digitizing the nearly 300 films that the Hearst Corporation recorded during the conflict and were shown in ...
D-Day hero leads mourners at funeral of 98-year-old comrade who survived 'carnage' of 1944 Normandy landings after lying about his age to join up
Cliff Brown died last month aged 98 at his home in Swanage, Dorset. He was laid to rest today at St Mary's Church in his ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
Warship Sunk by the Nazis During World War II Located Off the Coast of Brazil
A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...
Military Times2d
The 5 Americans who made history by earning the Victoria Cross
Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...
The National Interest3d
How One Pilot Sunk Two Aircraft Carriers At the Battle of Midway
“ By the afternoon, only one Japanese carrier remained: Hiryū. It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft ...