The History Of World War 1 In Colour
The Allied decision to stop short of the Rhine River and wait for supplies also gave the Nazis a chance to regroup and launch a counterattack. Archival film footage shows the fierce fighting that ensued.
The war in the desert of North Africa, where the forces of the Eighth Army finally defeated the Desert Fox.
AVRO LANCASTER, the most successful British heavy bomber of World War II. The Lancaster emerged from the response by A.V. Roe & Company, Ltd., to a 1936 Royal Air Force specification calling for a bomber powered by two 24-cylinder Rolls-Royce Vulture engines. The resultant aircraft, the Manchester, first flew in July 1939, entered production the following year, and was committed to combat in February 1941. However, the Vulture engine proved to be a failure, and the Manchester was produced only in small numbers. Avro then proposed a redesigned Manchester powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, and the result was the Lancaster.
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The premier British heavy bomber of the war, the Lancaster was a redesign of the failed twin engine Manchester design. With a few airframe modifications and the change to four Rolls-Royce "Merlin" engines, the Lancaster became a truly great aircraft. In addition to the many night area bombing missions conducted by the RAF, Lancaster's were used for many special missions, including the "Dam Busters" raid (the first precision bombing attack of the war), the bombing of the battleship Tirpitz, and the delivery of the 20,000 lb "Grand Slam" bombs. After the war the airframe was again redesigned to accept four contra-rotating turboprop engines, and, as the "Shackleton", served until well into the 1960's.
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World War 1 In Colour
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