It was almost exactly 15.00 hours local time, on 25 June 1950, when nine Yakovlev Yak-9P fighters of the North Koreas Korean Peoples Air Force (KPAF) simultaneously attacked Seoul International Airport and the Kimpo Airfield outside Seoul, the capitol of South Korea. In the cour…
Dunkirk 1940: Operation Dynamo
by Gerrard, Howard, Dildy, Doug
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"The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk in May and June 1940 has achieved a fabled status in British military history. The nine-day struggle to decide the fate of the trapped British and French forces saw fierce battles across air, land and…
Denmark and Norway 1940: Hitler's boldest operation
by Dildy, Doug, White, John,, Ilustrator
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On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark, and then Norway, in an attempt to guarantee security of Scandinavia's vital mineral resources for their war industry. This assault, Operation Weserbung, represented the first joint air-land-and-sea campaign in the history of warfar…
"On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark, and then Norway, in an attempt to secure the vital mineral resources of Scandinavia for their war industry. This assault, Operation Weserübung, represents the first joint air-land-and-sea campaign in the history of warfare, and wa…
Battle of Britain 1940: the Luftwaffe's 'Eagle Attack'
by Turner, Graham, Dildy, Doug
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The Battle of Britain was one of the most iconic campaigns of World War II, where the Few of the Royal Air Force took on the might of the German Luftwaffe. At stake was not just air superiority over the British Isles a German victory would enable Hitler's plan to invade and conq…
In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defence system. Powerful, com…
