SINCE THE END OF WWII, THE ROLE OF RAF BOMBER COMMAND HAS REMAINED HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL. MARCUS GIBSON ARGUES THAT INSTEAD OF A MURKY LEGACY, ITS FLIGHT CREWS DESERVE THANKS FOR STOPPING NAZI GERMANY

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With the ultimate weapon in his grasp, would Hitler have held Europe to ransom or reduced it to rubble?

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

This is the original, the vehicle from which the DNA for all subsequent cars developed. Patent number 37435 was filed by Carl Benz on 29 January 1886, fulfilling his dream of creating a purpose-built