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Amazing!! The Stealthy U-Boat Attack That Crippled Britain

Under the cover of night in October 1940, German U-99 submarines ambushed an Allied convoy en route to Britain with supplies. Beyond the tragic aftermath, this stealthy strategy had a lasting impact on nautical warfare.read more

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Fw 200 Condor German bomber making strikes against Allied shipping in the Atlantic in 1940

This silent WWII German newsreel shows long range German bomber aircraft making strikes against Allied shipping in the Atlantic sea lanes near Ireland. In 1940, these "back door" raids were commonplace and costly to both sides. On one raid in July of that year for example, the Luftwaffe...read more

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Intense and explosive footage of B-17 "Flying Fortress" bombing run in 1945

A lot of interesting scenes are showing on this footage: AVs, B-17s flying in formation over enemy terrain (numerous shots). Ints, B-17 in flight. Crewmen at their stations. AV, B-17s leaving vapor trails in the sky. AVs, flak bursts outside bomber. CU, airmen in helmet and oxygen mask. AVs,...read more

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Stunning Radio Chatter: A Lancaster crew approaches their target and is engaged by a Luftwaffe fighter in 1943

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Lancaster crew recorded during a bombing raid. This recording was made of the crew inside a Lancaster bomber during a raid over Berlin in September 1943 during World War Two. The bomber is attacked by a German fighter later on in the clip. The crew seems to panic as the fighter engages them, and...read more

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Astonishing 10 stills from camera-gun film taken during Dunkirk and Battle of Britain

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During World War II, gun cameras were commonly used on operational aircraft to record kills of enemy aircraft. Some of this footage survives to this day and is often the source for stock footage in World War II movies, TV shows...read more

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First day to last: The Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic

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Immediately after Britain went to war with Germany in 1939, German U-boats and warships began to threaten British and French shipping lanes, and the Royal Navy became key players in British military action.

The struggle against the German submarines, dubbed the...read more

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Discover 'The Dambusters Raid' and its 'Heroes' in 23 Impressive Infographics, Images, Arts and Footages Selected for You: Then and Now

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Operation Chastise was a daring attack on German dams carried out on May 16-17, 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, flying modified Avro Lancasters, known as “The Dambusters,” the aircraft dropped a bomb specially developed to skip along the surface...read more

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44 Unique Images of crashed and wrecked P-51s 'Mustang' in Europe

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The P-51 Mustang and the men that flew them saved lives in the skies and on the ground. The P-51 Mustang was a solution to the clear need for an effective bomber escort. The Mustang was at least as simple as other aircraft of its era. It used a common, reliable...read more

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The Battle's Heroes Against the U-Boat in the American Theater

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In 1942 the Allied powers faced the most serious challenge to their control of the seas encountered in the Second World War: the menace of the U-boat. Fast, well armed, and long-ranged, Hitler's submarines attacked shipping throughout the North Atlantic, often...read more

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