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WW2 British Prototypes OQF 3.7″ AA on Ram Mounting Dominion of Canada/United Kingdom (1942) Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Gun – 1 Built A joint venture between Canada and Great Britain, the Tank, Cruiser, Ram, was an expedient means of creating a conventionally turreted tank ...
After the German defeat, the Big Three – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta Conference to come up with an agreement on how to deal with Germany. It was followed by the Potsdam Conference attended by Briti...
It was a “microfleet” made of British vessels, under influence of Great Britain. -Alarm: 1919 Tug HMS St Ewe of the “Saint” class, 820 ton ship, specs same as original. -Faisal I: Royal yacht, ex-San Pew, ex-Restless, 1923, 1025 tons. At some point she became a lighthouse ...
A unit of Glider infantry of the British 6th Airborne Division, commanded by Major John Howard, was to land, take the bridges intact and hold them until relieved. On the night of 5 June 1944, a force of 181 men, led by Major John Howard, took off from RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset,...
Using the Tallboy, their most notable attack was the sinking of the German warshipTirpitz.The ship reguarily threatened Allied Arctic convoys in northern Norway. After being damaged by British midget submarines and attacks from the Fleet Air Arm, the No. 9 and No. 617 Squadroms were deployed ...
in North Africa), in November 1941 saw the 1st South African Division’s 5th Brigade fight themselves down, literally to the last man in an outstanding degree of bravery, their sacrifice – to lessen the impact of Rommel’s drive and help save the day for the British to fight another day...
24. What is the name of the German U-Boat commander who succeeded in penetrating the British base of Scapa Flow? From QuizWorld War ll History Answer:Guenther Prien On 13th October 1939, Prien sank the battleship Royal Oak at anchor in Scapa Flow getting through a gap in the defences....
These machine guns were all salvaged from captured British Mark V tanks and, while there was no specific regulation regarding the number of carried machine gun ammunition belts, it was common to have at least 10 of them, amounting to a total 3,000 rounds. While perhaps a great idea on ...