mediterranean and middle east theatre
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Last known Battle of Britain fighter pilot passes away
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1z42pkj8o https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0318/1502596-hemingway/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/18/john-paddy-hemingway-last-pilot-battle-of-britain-dies-105/...- Grey Havoc
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- battle of britain battle of france british commonwealth british empire british expeditionary force cold war éire european theater of operations french third republic great britain mediterranean and middle east theatre mediterranean theater (wwii) north atlantic treaty organisation post-world war ii raf fighter command royal air force st. patrick's day the few united kingdom world war ii
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Italian Bombs, Bombers and Bombing Tactics over Malta (1940-1943)
Hi all, The purpose of this thread is to compile and present sources regarding Italian bomb types, fuzes and tactics used in the Central Mediterranean from their entry into the War in 1940 to the Armistice of Cassibile in 1943. This is meant to complement my other thread about German equipment...- Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)
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- allies axis powers british empire early 1940s great britain kingdom of italy light bomber malta mediterranean mediterranean and middle east theatre mediterranean theater (wwii) medium bomber regia aeronautica strategic bomber world war ii
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- Forum: Military
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Turkey and Persia Major Combatants in World War 2
How could you get Turkey and/or Iran/Persia as a major industrial military power for World War 2? I am picturing one or both as the main antagonists in the 1930's or 1940's with a large, powerful and modern military. Could countries like Italy, France, Poland, Britain and America invest in...- papacavy
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- air undersecretariat (turkey) allies alternate history axis powers büyük millet meclisi ordusu deniz müsteşarlığı hava kuvvetleri komutanlığı imperial iranian air force imperial state of iran mediterranean and middle east theatre ministry of national defence [turkey] ministry of war (imperial state of iran) naval undersecreteriat (turkey) republic of turkey turkish army turkish navy world war ii
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Planned 1944 attack on Suez Canal with Biber midget subs?
Has anybody come across any more information on this plan? Presumably the units involved would have been the K-Verband and KG 200, over half of the surviving BV 222s having been transfered to the latter (II./KG 200?) from Lufttransportstaffel 222 in June 1944. There should have been around 9...- Grey Havoc
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- 1944 airmobile axis powers british empire k-verband kingdom of egypt kleinkampfverbände der kriegsmarine kriegsmarine luftwaffe mediterranean and middle east theatre midget submarines nazi germany suez canal third reich world war ii
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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An unusual vehicle...
I received, via an anonimous reader, a picture of an unusual vehicle. Today my memory suffers for the corruption of some neurons and I don't remember if the same subject already appeared on this blog. I tried the function Search with the word 'hydroplane' but nothing of the same kind appeared...