In the midst of World War II, workers at a Welsh aircraft factory gave up their weekend off to build a Wellington bomber from scratch in just 24 hours. Why? To set a new world record. Check out this interesting article and short video on the BBC web site. Link.
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Monday, 13 September 2010
Thursday, 9 September 2010
A Little Known Tale of War
This is an interesting little essay on Armchair General web about the Italians in WW2. Link
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Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Britain Remembers 70th Anniversary Of The Blitz
LONDON — The courage of the military personnel and volunteers who suffered the ordeal of the intense Nazi bombing of London was remembered Tuesday on the 70th anniversary of the day the first bombs fell. Link
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To mark the occasion, extraordinary colour film has been released for the first time, showing bombed-out landmarks in flames and prime minister Winston Churchill inspecting civil defence workers.
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To mark the occasion, extraordinary colour film has been released for the first time, showing bombed-out landmarks in flames and prime minister Winston Churchill inspecting civil defence workers.
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Sunday, 5 September 2010
M1128 Mobile Gun System
I've always had an interest in armoured vehicles, and thought I'd share some links with regard one I've been following for a while. The M1128 (Stryker) Mobile Gun System is an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle mounting a 105 mm tank gun, based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle. It is in service with the United States. As ever of course there is a Wikipedia page devoted to it Link.
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To get a real feel for the 22 ton vehicle a few clips from U-Tube always help :) It has an unmanned turret and autoloader.
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To get a real feel for the 22 ton vehicle a few clips from U-Tube always help :) It has an unmanned turret and autoloader.
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