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Update to 11 July 2008 at HistoryofWar.org

2008-07-11T15:31:09Z

We return after a short break with a look at the Bell P-39 Airacobra,
the P-59 Airacomet and a number of less succesful Bell aircraft
designs of the Second World War

We start with a look at the development of the P-39 Airacobra
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Update to 6 June 2008 at HistoryofWar.org

2008-06-06T18:29:40Z

AIRCRAFT
We start with a look at the often confusing system of aircraft
designations used by the US Navy during the Second World War.
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The Lockheed Ventura was a medium bomber ordered for the RAF after the
early success of the Lockheed Hudson, but was not as successful as the

Update to 25 May 2008 at HistoryofWar.org

2008-05-25T18:49:52Z

LOCKHEED HUDSON
The Lockheed Hudson was one of the most important American produced
aircraft during the early years of the Second World War, serving as
the backbone of RAF Coastal Command well into 1942.
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The RAAF was the second service to order the Lockheed Hudson, and the

Update to 16 May at HistoryofWar.org

2008-05-19T18:41:36Z

We start this week with a biography of Admiral “Black Jack” Fletcher,
one of the most important American admirals at the start of the war in
the Pacific, before continuing our series of RAF squadron histories
and our series of articles on the Peninsular War

Frank Jack 'Black Jack' Fletcher, 1885-1973, was an American admiral

Update to 8 May at Historyofwar.org

2008-05-08T17:45:49Z

American Admirals of the Second World War, Missile Systems and RAF and
RCAF squadron histories this week

Raymond Spruance was one of the most important American naval
commanders of the Second World War, taking command of the American
carriers part of the way through the battle of Midway and then going

Update to 25 April at HistoryofWar.org

2008-04-25T18:35:27Z

This week we look at the Panzer III Medium Tank, and a series of
Spanish battles of the Peninsular War

Panzer III Medium Tank

The Panzer III Medium Tank was the main German battle tank for the
first two and a half years of the Second World War, only beginning to
lose that status after the appearance of the Panzer IV Ausf F2 in

Update to 18 April 2008 at HistoryofWar.org

2008-04-18T16:47:48Z

A double update today, which includes a set of Second World War
biographies, more in our series of RAF Squadron histories and a big
increase in our coverage of the Peninsular War

ARMOURED WARFARE

The Vickers Archer tank destroyer came about because of a need to make
the 17 pounder anti tank gun more mobile. Designed as a stop gap

Update to 4 April at HistoryofWar.org

2008-04-04T19:23:50Z

SECOND BRITISH SIEGE OF BADAJOZ
The second British siege of Badajoz of 19 May-17 June 1811 was little
more successful than the first siege, which had only lasted for one
week before Marshal Beresford had been forced to lift the siege
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Update to 7 March 2008

2008-03-07T19:48:17Z

This week we add a biography of General Westmoreland, and more
articles on the Peninsular War

General Westmoreland is without doubt the most famous US General who
served during the Vietnam War.
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The combat of Mora of 18 February 1809 was an inconclusive clash

Recent Book Reviews at HistoryofWar.org

2008-03-07T19:44:57Z

The Shropshire Lads, Graham Holbrook.

This is a very entertaining historical novel set in and around the
trenches of the Western Front during the First World War. The book
follows a group of Shropshire volunteers from the pre-war period,
through training, into combat in the trenches and then into a classic

Update to 29 February at HistoryofWar.org

2008-03-03T19:13:16Z

We begin the week with a greatly expanded article on the battle of
Baugé, a Scottish victory during the Hundred Years War, but one that
was fought on French soil, before moving on to add seventeen new
articles on the Peninsular War
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Sir John Steward, lord of Darnley, was a member of a distant cadet

Update to 23 February 2008

2008-02-23T21:35:20Z

This week we complete our look at the fighting around Dunkirk with
three biographies, articles on the fighting at Boulogne and Calais and
the evacuations from Havre and the north west of France. We also
continue our series on German tanks with a look at the Panzer II Light
Tank.

PANZER II

The Panzer II Light Tank was the second German tank to enter mass

Update to 16 February at HistoryofWar.org

2008-02-20T14:36:53Z

Operation Dynamo

Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk of 27 May-4 June 1940,
is one of the most celebrated military events in British history, and
yet it was the direct result of one of the most crushing defeats
suffered by the British army. Over nine days nearly 300,000 men from
the BEF were evacuated from Dunkirk, an action that allowed Britain to

Update to 1 February 2008 at HistoryofWar.org

2008-02-04T08:40:51Z

This week we officially launch our day-by-day history of the Second
World War, which now contains 5,182 facts covering all but a tiny
handful of the 2,214 days between the German invasion of Poland and
the Japanese surrender on Hong Kong.
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Update to 18 January at HistoryofWar.org

2008-01-21T13:39:26Z

A mix of Second World War RAF Squadron histories and articles on the
Peninsular War this week.

RAF SQUADRON HISTORIES

Our series of Second World War squadron histories continues with a
look at No. 35 Squadron, the first RAF Squadron to use the Handley
Page Halifax.
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