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30,000 Troops Crush 200,000 - The Most Genius WW2 Tactic
British forces, outnumbered and reeling from the Dunkirk retreat, faced the Italian advance in North Africa. Led by General O ...
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How a WW2 Combat Injury Led to a Treatment for Cataracts, 40 Years Later
By the time World War II began in earnest, the 601 was flying Hawker Hurricanes. Cleaver was dispatched to France with the rest of his squadron in May 1940, a week after the German blitzkrieg ...
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WW2: Eight months of Blitz terror
By the late spring of 1940 hardly anyone was carrying their gas ... the Blitz on Britain was over. WW2: Could you be part of a Lancaster Bomber crew? documentWW2: Could you be part of a Lancaster ...
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Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old. Announcing the death of John ...
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John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
Flying over France, Britain and Italy in World War II, Mr. Hemingway was shot down four times between 1940 and 1945. He received Britain’s Distinguished Flying Cross in July 1941 for downing and ...