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German WWI Bomber bombs St Pancras 17th February 1918 As fighter aircraft improved in WWI, the great gas-filled Zeppelins prove too vulnerable to undertake bombing raids. In their place both sides developed heavy bombers during the second half of the war, and by 1918… Read more...
Dresden devastated 13th February 1945 Hundreds of bombers launch a massive Allied air raid against the city of Dresden, Germany. Over a three-day period, 3,900 tons of explosives and incendiaries were dropped by 1,300 British and American aircraft, reducing much… Read more...
WWII: End of Operation Compass 9th February 1941 Commanded by General Wavell, Operation Compass was the first major Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during World War II. British and Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces in western Egypt and eastern Libya… Read more...
HMS Dreadnought (1906) launched 10th February 1906 HMS Dreadnought was a battleship of the British Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power. Her entry into service in 1906 represented such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated… Read more...
Dardanelles 19th February 1915 The First World War: British and French forces begin the bombardment of Turkish positions in the Dardanelles. Winston Churchill's obsession with the Dardanelles had fatal consequences for many thousands of servicemen. Moreover it almost destroyed… Read more...
Selection of women get the vote 6th February 1918 The Representation of the People Act gave the vote to women over 30 who "occupied premises of a yearly value of not less than £5". Read more...
