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The Plane that Could Receive a Panzer Attack and Keep Flying

Vasily Emelianenko was nervous. His entire unit of rugged Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft had just decimated a German-controlled airfield in Eastern Ukraine. The Storm Birds had swiftly ...

How Blackpool was secretly the seaside weapon that helped the Allies win WW2

Hitler earmarked Blackpool as his 'pleasure palace' and go-to holiday resort for weary Nazi troops with a swastika flying on ...
The Tribune-Democrat

Thousands evacuated in Hong Kong after discovery of large WWII-era bomb

Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Hong Kong overnight so experts could defuse a large U.S.-made bomb ...

I flew the world's only full-size WW2 Spitfire simulator and was blown away

EXCLUSIVE: In the week we honour Battle of Britain Day, the peak of our 1940 air defence of the UK, we stepped into the boots of our flying heroes.
Sky HISTORY UK TV Channel

Dad’s Army: The real home guard behind the WWII sitcom

Peer behind the curtain of the beloved 'Dad’s Army' sitcom and into the lived reality and legacy of WWII Britain’s last line ...