Monday, 13 April 2015

#WW2 #OnThisDay1940 Second Battle Of Narvik April 13th 1940

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HMS Warspite, found at:http://ww2today.com/the-second-battle-of-narvik On April 13th 1940 The Royal Navy with 9 destroyers screening t...

#WW2 #OnThisDay1940 April 12th 1940 Hegra Fortress Occupied By Norwegian Forces

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Gun position at Hegra Fortress, found at:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Hegra_Fortress_gun_position.jpg/300px-H...
Saturday, 11 April 2015

#WW2 On 11th April 1940 In Norway...

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On 11th April 1940, German forces advanced so to link up from Oslo to Trondheim. The German ship Lutzow was badly damaged by the British s...

#WW2 The Blackburn B-24 Sea Skua Carrier Aircraft

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Blackburn Sea Skuas on deck of HMS Ark Royal, image found at:http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d0/d2/3b/d0d23b34fcba0e724e7022d46459b...
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Friday, 10 April 2015

#WW2 #OnThisDay1940 10th April 1940 The First Battle Of Narvik

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HMS Hunter sunk at First Battle Of Narvik, found at: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c02WufFlBsM/UOuVjacSJYI/AAAAAAAAjPU/oxlRj8ljbRg/...
Thursday, 9 April 2015

#WW2 End Of Phoney War - On This Day Denmark & Norway Invaded By Germany #OperationWeserubung

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Today in 1940 Denmark was invaded and captured by German forces - notably 170th & 198th Infantry Divisions. Norway was also attacked...

#WW2 The Messerschmidt Bf 109 or #Me109 One Of the Biggest Hoaxes Of The Second World War

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Me109 found at:http://www.flugzeug-bild.de/name/galerie/kategorie/historische-flugzeuge~militaerische-propellermaschinen~messerschmitt-me-...

My Favourite #WW2 Escape Films

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My last post about the forthcoming escape film featuring famous amputee pilot Douglas Bader had me thinking.  http://oldecuriosity.blogspot....
Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Another #WW2 Escape Film? This One Featuring Douglas Bader

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Douglas Bader, found at:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41683000/jpg/_41683370_bader_long203.jpg Just read in the papers today a...
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...