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Operations ‘Brewer’ & ‘Beefsteak’ – closing the door on the Japanese base areas of Rabaul and Kavieng

An account of the two US army operations ‘brewer’ and ‘beefsteak’, led against the Japanese during World War II.

Posted byChris Chant27/06/201118/07/2011Posted inWar in the Pacific, World War IITags: Japanese, Operation Beefsteak, Operation Brewer, US Army

Sopwith Camel – another classic British fighter of World War I

Inception and development of the Sopwith Camel fighter plane during World War I.

Posted byChris Chant20/06/201118/07/2011Posted inMilitary Aviation, World War I, WWITags: air defence, sopwith camel

The tank – France enters the lists

French tank development during World War I.

Posted byChris Chant25/04/201118/07/2011Posted inLand warfare, World War ITags: French Army, tank, weapons

The tank – development gathers pace

Tracing the development of the British tank in the second half of WWI.

Posted byChris Chant18/04/201118/07/2011Posted inLand warfare, World War ITags: British Army, tank, tank Mk IV

The tank MK I – an infant giant

The origins of the British tank in WWI.

Posted byChris Chant11/04/201118/07/2011Posted inLand warfare, World War ITags: British Army, tank, Winston Churchill

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 – a classic British fighter of World War I

History and specification of the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 and S.E.5a fighter planes.

Posted byChris Chant04/04/201118/07/2011Posted inMilitary Aviation, World War I, WWITags: RAF, S.E.5, weapons

Anzio – the final stage

An account of the final stage of the Battle of Anzio.

Posted byChris Chant28/03/201128/03/2011Posted inWorld War IITags: Anzio, beach-head, Italy, Operation Shingle

The Anzio beach-head – the Germans fight back

The Battle of Anzio: Allied and German offensives and counteroffensives.

Posted byChris Chant21/03/201119/03/2011Posted inWorld War IITags: Anzio, beach-head, Italy, Operation Shingle

Trying to break the Italian stalemate – the Allied landing at Anzio

Details of the planning and execution of Operation ‘Shingle’, an Allied attempt to break the stalemate in southern Italy.

Posted byChris Chant14/03/201112/03/2011Posted inWorld War IITags: Anzio, Italy, Operation Shingle

Operation ‘Sportpalast’ – the German naval attack on the Allied PQ.12 and QP.8 arctic convoys

Details of Unternehmen ‘Sportpalast’: a German attempt to intercept Allied arctic convoys during March 1942

Posted byChris Chant07/03/201129/05/2012Posted inNaval operations, World War IITags: arctic, convoys, HMS Duke of York, HMS King George V, HMS Sheffield, Tirpitz, Ultra

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