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101st Airborne Division Drop Pattern, 6 June 1944
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101st Airborne Division Drop Pattern, 6 June 1944
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The 101st Airborne Division, known as ‘The Screaming Eagles’, were the first to be dropped in the vicinity of Utah beach after their carrier planes made a low approach from the northwest to avoid radar detection. Cloud cover over the landing zones resulted in widespread confusion as the scout troops,... More
1942 Attack in the Coral Sea
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1942 Attack in the Coral Sea
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Following simultaneous attacks on territories across the western Pacific in December 1941, Japan began a campaign of colonial expansion for resources in the region, aiming to take advantage of the European colonial powers’ thinly spread military reserves. On 23 January the Japanese overran the Australian-held port of Rabaul, an important... More
82nd Airborne Division Drop Pattern 6 June 1944
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82nd Airborne Division Drop Pattern 6 June 1944
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The veteran 82nd Airborne Division, nicknamed ‘The All-Americans’, were tasked with defending the western approach to Utah beach, from where the heaviest German reinforcements were expected to arrive. Dropping half an hour after the 101st Airborne at 01:51 on 6 June, the 82nd Airborne experienced more variable accuracy with their... More
A Night in the Blitz 29 December 1940
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A Night in the Blitz 29 December 1940
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The night of 29 December 1940 saw some 100,000 incendiary bombs dropped on London by the Luftwaffe, causing unprecedented destruction of the city. The extent of the destruction caused by the ensuing firestorm after just three and a half hours of bombing was larger than the area destroyed in the... More
Air Defence of Britain 1918
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Air Defence of Britain 1918
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By 1918 Britain’s aerial defence capabilities had developed dramatically from just four years earlier. German air raids by Zeppelins, and primarily fixed-wing bombers later on, highlighted the need for a coordinated defence system. Collectively known as the London Air Defence Area, this system comprised outlook posts, ground-based anti-aircraft guns and... More
Aircraft Deployment on the Western Front 1916
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Aircraft Deployment on the Western Front 1916
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The French field marshal Ferdinand Foch reputedly said ‘aviation is good sport, but for the army it’s useless’. However, necessity drove rapid innovation, and by 1916 aeroplanes had acquired three critical battlefield functions: reconnaissance, air defence, and bombing. Aerial supremacy switched frequently from side to side, as technological breakthroughs transferred... More
Aircraft Deployment on the Western Front 1917
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Aircraft Deployment on the Western Front 1917
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1917 began with Germany once more assuming control of the air, epitomized by the exploits of the fighter ace, Manfred von Richtofen, known as the Red Baron. The nadir was ‘bloody April’, when von Richtofen’s squadron alone shot down 80 Allied planes. But then, as often before in the air... More
Aircraft Deployment on the Western Front 1918
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Aircraft Deployment on the Western Front 1918
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In 1918 nearly 6,000 Allied planes and over 4,000 German planes were deployed on the western front. These planes were used for reconnaissance, air to air combat and attacks on enemy infantry. By 1918 these planes were heavy enough to arm with machine guns and carry grenades. They were also... More
Battle of Midway 4–5 June 1942
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Battle of Midway 4–5 June 1942
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As the carrier strike group of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo neared Midway early on 4 June, the first wave of aircraft was launched from the carriers for an attack against the island, although it was not sufficient to disable the airfield. Nagumo was left with a difficult choice between committing the... More
British Strategic Bombing Offensive 1918
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British Strategic Bombing Offensive 1918
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In 1918, after sustained attacks by German Gothas, aircraft with huge destructive capacity, Admiral Kerr of the Air Board stated that the Germans would ‘wipe out’ London and all the factories and workshops in the southeast of England, unless the British created an effective air counteroffensive. They were already sending... More
Carrier Raids in Central Pacific February–October 1944
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Carrier Raids in Central Pacific February–October 1944
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From early 1944 the Fast Carrier Task Force, made up of several task groups typically built around four aircraft carriers and their support vessels, was the main US strike force in the Pacific Ocean. The Carrier Force worked in conjunction with amphibious forces and the US marines to provide devastating... More
Christmas Bombing 18–29 December 1972
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Christmas Bombing 18–29 December 1972
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Known as ‘Operation Linebacker II’, the US Seventh Airforce and US Navy Task Force 77, dropped 20,000 tonnes of explosives on North Vietnam at Christmas 1972, killing more than 1,600 Vietnamese. President Richard Nixon was under pressure to end the war in Vietnam as the high number of American casualties... More