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AIRBORNE UNDER SIEGE
For nine days the heroic 1st Airborne fought desperately,
On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying
HOW THE LUFTWAFFE PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre’s rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders
In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn
To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict
Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire