2014 The Atlantic became a killing field as German submarines took on the might of the dominant British Navy. These stealthy, silent killers were able to sink 5,200 ships by war's end, nearly bringing Britain to its knees. 8.2/10(13) ...
Sir William Wiseman, head of British Intelligence and a partner in the bankers Kuhn Loeb, demanded the Germans execute Cavell as a spy.Wiseman believed that "the continuance of the war was at stake."The Germans reluctantly agreed, thus creating "one of the principal martyrs of the First World...
List of the latest war movies in 2024 and the best war movies of 2023 and earlier. Top war movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+ & other Streaming services, out on DVD/Blu-ray or in cinema's right now.
Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia. The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.). The games may reflect ...
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The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II by Louise Borden 1997, 30 pages, grades 2-4 A true story from World War II of the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers stranded at this small French port during the German Blitzkrieg. The British had to cal...
Blurb: Set against the backdrop of WW1, Mayfair 100 is the telephone number for a small specially-formed crime busting team based in a house in Mayfair. London, 1915. Just 10 months into the First World War, the City is flooded with women taking over the work vacated by men in the ...
The shapes could then be encoded to a randomly generated number from 1 – 6 in my original data [Number], using that I could then create a field of Class (for leave Type), TableName (for stem / no stem) and {Number] to generate an encoding for colour. After that I then simply ne...
Stefan Zweigis a writer unjustly forgotten by history. His “The World of Yesterday” (a nonfiction work) is such an evocative portrait of pre-WW1 Europe than it permanently changed the way I perceive Western history. His “The Post-Office Girl” is an understated and excellent novella. ...
Tue, Nov 24, 2009 Celebrations in UK and USA. Politics of peace take over. Trust between allies starts to break down. Japan surrender after atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Start of cold war. Marshall plan for Europe and Berlin air drop. ...