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The 10 best World War 2 movies ever made. 10. The Dam Busters. Director Michael Anderson, 1955. When the British were seeking a way to halt the German war machine, they looked to the industrialised area of the Ruhr Valley, the site of hydro-electric power stations, factories and mines. Operation Chastise was designed to breach the Möhne ...
HMS Campbeltown being converted for the raid. 1. St Nazaire Raid (28 March 1942) One of the finest acts of courage in the whole of World War II, the raid on St Nazaire was a true gamble. The best way to hurt the Kriegsmarine was to strike its dockyards, so the port became a key target for the British in what would be known as Operation Chariot.
9. Remus von Woyrsch (1847-1920) German Hero of the Eastern Front. Remus von Woyrsch’s career with the Prussian Army had already ended by 1914, but he was recalled from retirement when the First World War broke out, aged 68. Born of minor nobility, he had served in both the Austro-Prussian and Franco- Prussian Wars, receiving the Iron Cross ...
The S.E.5 squadrons often worked in tandem with their Camel-mounted comrades. The Camel was incredibly manoeuvrable but struggled to reach more than 10,000 feet and faster than 100 mph, while the S.E.5s could get close to 20,000 feet at 120 mph. The S.E.5s would therefore attack German formations and force them down into the waiting gunsights ...
Unperturbed U-47 fired again and was rewarded with a furious explosion on board HMS Royal Oak, a 29,000 ton Dreadnought battleship. More than 830 British sailors lost their lives in this single strike. The war was only six weeks old but the U-boat Waffe had already made its mark…. To discover more about how the deadly German U-Boats during ...
On 14 June 1940, the German Blitzkrieg rolled into the French capital and would begin a near-four year occupation until the city’s liberation by the Allies on 25 August 1944, near the end of World War 2. Unknown to many, Paris, ‘the city of love’, was nearly burned to the ground by the Nazis. By August 1944, the Nazi war machine was in ...
The Arditi were just one of a clutch of new ideas put forward by military leaders like Cristoforo Baseggio and Giuseppe Alberto Bassi. Heavily armoured and used in heavy duty assaults, their weaponry was the best the army had to offer. Villar-Perosa machine pistols and Fiat machine guns were issued to the regiments along with grenades and ...
Britain’s World War II Refugees. Back in 1940, Britain was experiencing a huge influx of refugees. Fleeing torment at the hands of the Nazis in particular, thousands upon thousands flocked to Britain in search of safety. Once ashore, they proved invaluable to the war effort, taking up many different roles that helped tip the war in the Allies ...
Inside you will be able to read about the pivotal campaigns of the war, which include some of the costliest battles in military history. From the Race to the Sea in 1914, to the carnage of Verdun, this book breaks down each encounter into the key tactics, critical moments on the battlefield and tragic human cost.
This is a common misrepresentation of Churchill’s position. This phrase actually applies to operations in the Mediterranean during the Second World War not to Gallipoli. In 1915 Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty and was responsible for pushing through and instigating the naval attack on the Dardanelles.