Was this the ultimate nuclear strike aircraft? In 1951, Britain introduced the English Electric Canberra. Designed to operate at high level, it would go onto become the RAF‘s longest serving machine. It was an incredibly efficient aircraft, but by the late 1950s everything changed. The Soviet Union brought into service brand new surface-to-air missiles and … Read more…
Britains most famous V bomber Britains most famous V bomber, the Avro Vulcan Bomber, is known for its distinctive howl and delta wing. Initially one of the delivery agents of Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent during the Cold War, the Vulcan later fulfilled another role, undertaking the longest bombing raid in history for Operation Black Buck … Read more…
Blinding Enemy Radar Blinding enemy radar with Chaff, known variously as “Window”, “Duppel,” or “Giman-shi” during WWII, consists of small strips of metal foil deployed from aircraft to blind and confuse enemy radar. It proved devastatingly effective against German air defenses during the war and is still carried by military aircraft to this day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)
We got mittens too. During WW1, sometimes the German trenches and British trenches were so close together that they could shout to each other. Private Wilf Readman of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and his friends heard the Germans shouting “Gott mit uns!” (God with us). Wilf and his friends put their gloves on the end … Read more…
Lest We Forget Lest We Forget. Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War in 1919 to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. The … Read more…
The First Fighting Tank The First Fighting Tank. The first ever use of the tank in battle happened during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. In this video we look inside a unique survivor – the last British Mark I Heavy Tank in existence and examine the first tank action at Flers, an event … Read more…
Nuclear Submarine Crash Nuclear Submarine Crash.In 2017, The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a de-classified document between US NSA Advisor Brent Scowcroft and US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, issued in 1974, alerting him of a collision between the USS James Madison (A Poseidon SLBM Nuclear Missile Submarine) and a Soviet Victor Class Attack … Read more…