Monday, 6 April 2015

The B-17 Flying Fortress and The Avro Lancaster

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I thought I would put together a few factoids about the iconic #Lancaster and B-17 bombers. B-17 found at: http://www.airplanesgallery.c...
Sunday, 5 April 2015

B-17's Bomb Messerschmitt Factory 1943 - US Army Air Corps

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Until 1945, the USAAF bravely bombed Axis targets in daylight, often unescorted. The Schweinfurt - Regensburg  raid is infamous in Au...

#WW2 World War 2 Blitz - Kingston Upon Hull Bomb Damage

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It is surprising how many people are unaware of how widespread the bombing was in Britain during World War 2. London, Liverpool and Cove...
Thursday, 2 April 2015

Advancing Harvest Technology From 1930's Horse-Drawn Combine, 1938.

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There has been much discussion on #Twitter recently regarding the video above. I could not believe something horse drawn could operate a c...
Monday, 30 March 2015

Carrying Fire: In case you'd forgotten how good the Andrews Siste...

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Carrying Fire: In case you'd forgotten how good the Andrews Siste... : In case you'd forgotten how good the Andrews Sisters were. h...

#WW2 Entertainers - George Formby

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George Formby was a very popular entertainer in Britain, and he loved entertaining the troops. He was Britain's highest paid entertaine...
Thursday, 5 March 2015

#WW2 Air Raid Shelters In Britain Used In The Second World War

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Anderson Shelter diagram found at:http://www.bigginhill-history.co.uk/images/andersonpicture.JPG.  When you talk about air raid shelte...

#WW2 The Experience Of Foreign Troops & Civilians In Great Britain During The Second World War

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P-51's at Bottisham Airfield, Cambs, found at: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81299000/jpg/_81299349_bottisham_cambs_then_freem...

#WW2 The Arrival of Foreign Troops In Britain During The Second World War

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Britain was fortunate in World War 2 in that it received much needed help from abroad in materiel and in military manpower from abroad. the ...

#WW2 Working In Essential Industry in Britain During The Second World War - Reserved Occupations

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Bevin Boys at a Durham Pit In World War 2 , found at:http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/682674-2/bevinboysdurham2 In the Second World War ma...