”..the pilot was nearly blind in his left eye and had impaired vision in his right eye after two consecutive accidents with biplanes during acrobatic exercises in 1935..”
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We still have high morale, there is little food left, and we are determined to hold out until December 8. We want to prolong the end a little longer so...
And so, a bear ends up in Italy during World War II, with bullets and artillery fire falling around it, following its comrades into battle.
The only chance for survival in Brown’s mind was to try to escape the pursuit by abandoning the mission. With the bulk of the B-17 and the remaining firepower he...
The attack by the 44 Poles achieved complete surprise and lasted about 25 minutes. The stunned NKVD guards offered little resistance, and about 100 injured and sick Polish prisoners were...
On May 17, 1944, after an exhausting 100-kilometer march over the 2,000-meter-high Kumon Mountains (using mules to transport supplies), about 1,300 remaining Marauders, along with elements of the 42nd and...
Based on the Armistice of June 22, 1940, the Germans allowed the Vichy regime to maintain a limited army, air force, and navy.
Throughout the duration of World War II, the least preferred position for the crews of large American bombers unquestionably was the ball turret located in the belly of the aircraft....
“Huge clouds of dust could be seen south and southwest of the command center, where the desperate struggle of the small and ineffective Italian battle tanks of the 20th Motorized...
On the night of May 24, 1945, 12 Ki-21-IIb aircraft each carrying 12 commandos departed for the Yomitan and Kadena bases. Four aircraft aborted the mission due to engine trouble,...
”..the pilot was nearly blind in his left eye and had impaired vision in his right eye after two consecutive accidents with biplanes during acrobatic exercises in 1935..”
We still have high morale, there is little food left, and we are determined to hold out until December 8. We want to prolong the end a little longer so...
And so, a bear ends up in Italy during World War II, with bullets and artillery fire falling around it, following its comrades into battle.
The only chance for survival in Brown’s mind was to try to escape the pursuit by abandoning the mission. With the bulk of the B-17 and the remaining firepower he...
The attack by the 44 Poles achieved complete surprise and lasted about 25 minutes. The stunned NKVD guards offered little resistance, and about 100 injured and sick Polish prisoners were...
On May 17, 1944, after an exhausting 100-kilometer march over the 2,000-meter-high Kumon Mountains (using mules to transport supplies), about 1,300 remaining Marauders, along with elements of the 42nd and...
Based on the Armistice of June 22, 1940, the Germans allowed the Vichy regime to maintain a limited army, air force, and navy.
Throughout the duration of World War II, the least preferred position for the crews of large American bombers unquestionably was the ball turret located in the belly of the aircraft....
“Huge clouds of dust could be seen south and southwest of the command center, where the desperate struggle of the small and ineffective Italian battle tanks of the 20th Motorized...
On the night of May 24, 1945, 12 Ki-21-IIb aircraft each carrying 12 commandos departed for the Yomitan and Kadena bases. Four aircraft aborted the mission due to engine trouble,...