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As the Second World War raged across continents, the US Patent Office quietly issued Patent No 2,292,387 for a ‘Secret Communication System’. The document described an ingenious method for guiding rad

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When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war

The conditions on the 1965 Monte Carlo Rally were some of the worst in memory. ‘Falling snow restricted vision to ten yards or less,’ wrote John Davenport in his report for Motor Sport. ‘Already many

This fantastic plan, which led the then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS), Air Vice-Marshal Arthur T Harris, to remark ‘the story, that appears too fantastic for words, might have a fortunate outco

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