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First into the fight, first to be forgotten: The Whitley bomber
It was Britain’s first truly modern heavy bomber—yet history barely remembers it. The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley was the ...
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The Cheating Plane that Became a Killer at Night
On the night of August 17, 1943, the Royal Air Force's bombers embarked on a perilous mission deep into the heart of Nazi Germany. Unbeknownst to them, the enemy had a cunning strategy in store.
World War II was the height of industrialized total war. Nations clashed on the sea, land, and in the air. Entire economies retooled with the express purpose of filling a vast global supply chain of ...
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