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The Ju 287 project started in June 1943. The aircraft was to have had swept-back wings and four turbojets, one beneath each wing and one on either side of the forward fuselage. However, the low speed stability problems of swept wings had at that time not been solved, so in order to retain the high-speed capabilities of sweep, while at…

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Peoples of Roman North Africa

Mauri The western region of North Africa was home to Berber-speaking groups whom the Greeks and later Romans identified as…

With a Dash of [Nelsonian] Indecision 1798

The Mediterranean campaign of 1798 was a series of major naval operations surrounding a French expeditionary force sent to Egypt…

Scuttle!

The scuttled French fleet at Toulon: aerial pictures. On 28 November 1942, the day after the scuttling and firing of…

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Photo: Spitfire XIVs versus Bf 109Ks

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