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The Exploits of British Submarines in the Dardanelles Campaign
German concern over Turkish powers of resistance led to the decision to send German submarines to the Mediterranean. The results were actually even more damaging for the Anglo-French cause than the failure of the Dardanelles campaign. In early March, as the British and French warships pounded away at the Dardanelles, Enver Pasha and the Turkish leaders pleaded for submarines to…
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May 1943: Climax in the Atlantic II
Almost as soon as the support and escort groups came together ‘things began to happen thick and fast’. The boat sighted by Primrose had been the spotter and others were answering her call. More HF/DF detections indicated a build-up and it became clear that a wolfpack was gathering, principally to…
The Battle of Dover (also called the Battle of Sandwich) (August 1217)
It was on St Bartholomew’s Day, 24 August 1217, that a French fleet of around eighty vessels sailed before southerly winds ‘in a formation so tight and orderly’ up the Kentish coast towards the Isle of Thanet and the Thames estuary. It was bound for London, held by the Dauphin…
Tornado Spyplanes go to War
Aerial reconnaissance has come a long way since the first jet reconnaissance mission in the summer of 1944. Today it is a multi-faceted business employing aircraft and drones flying over enemy territory at ultra-low or ultra-high altitude, planes standing-off outside the reach of the defences and looking in or listening…
FV217 Badger
The Conqueror prototype number three was intended to demonstrate the flamethrower role and consisted of a Centurion Mk 3 turret with a 20-pounder (84mm) main gun and flameprojector equipment. By the time the flame equipment was ready for trials in July 1948, the decision had been taken to abandon the…
Merlin’s Prophecy I
The Eagle of the broken covenant … Shall rejoice in her third nesting. —Geoffrey of Monmouth, “The Prophecies of Merlin” They found the tomb deep in the earth between two stone monuments erected so long before that no one could remember what they signified or what the words…
Merlin’s Prophecy II
Although historians now question whether Eleanor’s famed court of love ever existed, the ideals behind courtly love were unquestionably held in high esteem at the court of Poitiers. Key to the concept was a new role envisioned for women, in which the suitor became his beloved’s vassal in love, learning…