At just before 5am on the 19th August 1942 the Allied forces launched a sea bound attack on the German occupied port of Dieppe on the north coast of France. ‘Operation Rutter’ as it was known ...
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Imagine the scene. Men and women are drugged, stripped naked and then dragged aboard aeroplanes, before being pushed out into the ocean and plunging to their deaths in the cold waters of the Atlantic. In an ...
The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. From July 1940 coastal shipping convoys ...
From left to right: Han Solo, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Leia, Luke Skywalker and R2D2 And out of interest, Heights: Harrison Ford 6’1″ David Prowse 6’6″ or 6’7″ Peter Mayhew 6’9″ Carrie Fisher 5’1″ Mark Hammil 5’7″ ...
The Spanish Civil War was fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. The war began after a pronunciamiento (declaration of opposition) by a group of generals under the leadership of José Sanjurjo ...
As you’ve probably realized many moons ago, the rich aren’t like us. It’s probably safe to bet that they’ve never had to rummage through their car seats for lunch money. And if their kids start to ...
50 years ago, the space race was heating up and the Cold War was freezing over. Soviet missile bases discovered in Cuba triggered a crisis that brought the U.S. to the brink of war with the ...
As photographed by Life Magazine in 1955 Las Vegas was a booming desert town. Driven by gambling, the migration due to high unemployment, and the glitz and glamour of the desert oasis. At Las Vegas last ...
How things have changed, back in 1942 making TV programmes was a potential minefield for directors and producers. Television was extremely tame and heavily censored until the early 1970s, potential pitfalls included hot kissing, tight sweaters and ...
These remarkable pictures show the American West as it was explored for the first time. Taken by photographer Timothy O’Sullivan who worked with a Federal Government team as they explored the American West. He had earlier covered the ...
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