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  1. Jim
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    Poland Was a Living Hell

    "We are living in hell." This was the incessant refrain of the letters which have been smuggled out of German occupied Poland. The photographs...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 29, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Massacres and Atrocities of the Second World War
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    Curtis Tomahawk

    Curtis Tomahawk was one of the many types of aircraft sent to Britain from the United States. Fighter machines of this kind were brought over by...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 29, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Aviation Of WWII
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    Lord Beaverbrook

    Lord Beaverbrook appointed by Churchill Minister for Aircraft Production on May 10th and a few weeks later given a seat in the War Cabinet as...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 27, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: General Chatter
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    The Blitz One Year On

    Here, appropriate to the experiences of the citizens of Britain stoically enduring daily air attacks, was a review of the lessons officially drawn...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 26, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: The Blitz
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    Building Britain's Merchant Navy

    Besides warships many merchant ships were built at top speed in Britain's yards to replace the losses caused by German Submarines. Here is a...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 13, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Merchant Navy During WWII
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    The Menace of the German Sea Mines

    New Nazi Frightfulness off Britain's Coasts A number of neutral ships sunk by German mines close into the English shore marked the opening of...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 9, 2010, 4 replies, in forum: Merchant Navy During WWII
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    British Ambassador in Berlin: Sir Nevile Henderson

    Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson, KCMG (10 June 1882 – 30 December 1942) was the Ambassador of Great Britain to Germany from 1937 to 1939. He believed...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 9, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: General Chatter
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    Secretary of State for War: Leslie Hore-Belisha

    Having succeeded at the Ministry of Transport, in 1937 he was controversially appointed by Neville Chamberlain as Secretary of State for War...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 9, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: General Chatter
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    They Defied The U-Boats

    At the beginning of the war the King sent the following message to the British Merchant Navy and British Fishing Fleets: “In these anxious...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 8, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Merchant Navy During WWII
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    Edouard Daladier

    When the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, Daladier responded to the public outcry by outlawing the French Communist Party, which had refused to...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 8, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: General Chatter
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    Neville Chamberlain: Prime Minister of Great Britain in September 1939

    Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister of Great Britain in September 1939 as Europe descended into World War Two after the failure of appeasement...
    Thread by: Jim, Jan 8, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: General Chatter
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    More on The Enigma

    A major factor in the success of the Allies from the second half of 1941 onwards was the cracking of the Enigma machine. Enigma was the name of a...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 23, 2008, 6 replies, in forum: The Secret War: Resistance and Espionage During WW
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    Germans In Britain

    In 1930 there were about 20,000 people from Germany living in Britain. This number increased after Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933. It is...
    Thread by: Dave War44, Jun 21, 2008, 2 replies, in forum: Massacres and Atrocities of the Second World War
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    Two Vital Prototypes

    [IMG] The two vital prototypes from which came the fighters that won the Battle of Britain. Above, the K 5054, the prototype Spitfire which was...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 19, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Aviation Of WWII
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    Gloster Gauntlets

    Britain's main fighter force in I937 and I938 relied on fixed undercarriage biplanes. A formation of Gloster Gauntlets of No. 32 Squadron airborne...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 19, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Aviation Of WWII
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    VCL Tankette

    A single British soldier of the Royal Tank Regiment mans a Vickers Carden-Loyd (otherwise known as VCL) Tankette during trials which were carried...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 18, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Military vehicles used during WWII
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    Junkers 88 Fuselages

    Pre-war German propaganda stressed the massive output of German aircraft factories which went far to frighten air force chiefs in other European...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 15, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Axis Aviation Of WWII
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    Early Birds

    [IMG] Above: Germany's first Sturzkampfflugzeug dive bomber. The Henschel Hs 123 which first flew early in 1935. The type saw service in Spain,...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 15, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Axis Aviation Of WWII
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    Who was responsible

    On June 28 1914,Archduke Franz Ferdinand,heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb citizen.History tells that this is...
    Thread by: krrish, Apr 29, 2008, 31 replies, in forum: World War One Forum
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    Leslie Howard

    [img] Leslie Howard Stainer was born in Forest Hill on 3rd April, 1893. He was the eldest son of Frank Stainer (a Hungarian-born immigrant who...
    Thread by: eireann, Feb 23, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Celebrities and Entertainment From WWII
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