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Read the book, make the model
Thu 12th JuneMike Verier writes about 'the Spitfire of the helicopter world', the Cobra - how research can inspire model making.
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The First Ship To Open Fire on D-Day
Mon 9th JuneIain Ballantyne describes HMS Warspite's role during the Normandy Landings, reputedly the first major vessel to open fire and hammer Hitler's so-called Atlantic Wall.
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'Killing the Bismarck' - Slaying the Myths
Tue 20th MayIain Ballantyne considers the myth and the reality of the Royal Navy’s pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck, as investigated in the new paperback edition of his book ‘Killing the Bismarck’
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Untold stories from the Desert Air Force – Eighth Army’s enforcer in the Second World War
Fri 16th MayFrom his newly released book – The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942-1945, Bryn Evans shares some edited excerpts below.
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Richard van Emden on The Great War - Why We Should Remember
Thu 15th MayA column by First World War author and historian Richard van Emden on veterans of the Great War and his experiences of meeting and interviewing them over the past two decades.
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The Surrender at Berchtesgaden
Wed 30th AprilSnow fell across Bavaria as 3rd Division prepared for the final advance towards Salzburg. The end of the war was only hours away but the division still had to complete one final task; the men had to head east towards Salzburg to stop die-hard Nazis fleein
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Hitler's Last Days
Wed 30th AprilOn the night of 20 April, when it seemed that the German capital’s fate would soon be sealed at the hands of the headlong Russian advance, a great migration from Berlin began. Adolf Hitler, however, refused to transfer headquarters from the Reich Chancell
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Pilots of the Caribbean
Thu 17th AprilA description of the RAF Museum London's latest exhibition 'Pilots of the Caribbean' by curator Peter Devitt, delving into the stories of black volunteers across two World Wars.
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Exclusive Warbird Hangar Access
Tue 15th AprilVisit a collection of Spitfires and other warbirds based at Biggin Hill airport in Kent.
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Crossing the Rhine
Fri 7th MarchField Marshal Montgomery had been studying the problem of crossing the Rhine, Germany’s last strategic barrier, ever since the failure of Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
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