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The Transatlantic Zeppelins
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The Transatlantic Zeppelins - A Golden Age of Air Travel

Transatlantic Zeppelins carried passengers in relative luxury between Germany and New York or Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s. The airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic...
Battle of Guam
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Battle of Guam - The US Takes Back its Territory in WWII

The Battle of Guam, in the Mariana Islands, took place in July and August 1944 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). Guam had been US territory prior to the conflict but was...
The Hindenburg Disaster
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The Hindenburg Disaster - End of the Transatlantic Airships

The Hindenburg disaster occurred on 6 May 1937 when the German Zeppelin airship LZ 129 Hindenburg attempted to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, but burst into flames. The airship's gas cells were...
Battle of Saipan
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Battle of Saipan

The Battle of Saipan took place in June-July 1944. US forces engaged in a titanic three-week struggle with Japanese defenders to finally take the island, part of the Mariana Islands, during the Pacific War of WWII (1939-45). The...
The Bombing of Dresden in 1945
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The Bombing of Dresden in 1945

The bomber raid on Dresden was a controversial and highly destructive combined operation by Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers and United States Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers on 13, 14, and 15 February and...
B-29 Incendiary Cluster Bombs
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B-29 Incendiary Cluster Bombs

A US serviceman checking clusters of incendiary bombs destined to be dropped on Japan by Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, 1945. Imperial War Museums, London.
B-17 Bomber in Flight
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B-17 Bomber in Flight

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight at the Chino Airshow in California, 2014. The B-17 was the main US bomber in WWII in the European theatre of the conflict and saw service in the Middle East and Pacific amongst other...
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