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In June 1940, as France was collapsing under the German blitzkrieg, Britain deployed Hadock Force, a small unit of Wellington ...
The Gist: Throughout the 77 minutes of Britain and the Blitz, we’ll “meet” several survivors of this horrible ordeal: Eric Brady, who was five years old when he survived the bombing of his school – ...
At head of title: DK Smithsonian. Seeds of war, 1914-1938. The war to end war ; The flawed peace ; Fascism and Nazism ; Hitler takes power ; The Nazi state ; Civil wars in China ; Japan on the march ; ...
The town came together over the weekend mark the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, and was concluded with a Spitfire ...
On the night of December 29th 1940, my grandmother, Dorothy, reported for duty as a wartime volunteer fire-watcher in the ...
An 80m-long (262ft) yarn exhibition depicting life in Britain during World War Two is expected to attract thousands of people ...