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World War II History for March 16

Steven Terjeson | March 16, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 16
16 Mar 1935 – Adolf Hitler ordered a German rearmament and violated the Versailles Treaty.
16 Mar 1939 – Germany occupied what remained of Czechoslovakia.
16 Mar 1940 – Geramny bombed the Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.
16 Mar 1942 – U.S. President Roosevelt ordered [...]

A Spitfires eye view of history

Steven Terjeson | June 18, 2008

A Spitfire’s eye-view of history flies home
Published Date: 18 June 2008 By Tim Cornwell – Arts Correspondent
It is remembered as a photograph that sank a battleship. In May 1941, Pilot Officer Michael Suckling, with an aerial reconnaissance Spitfire squadron flying from Wick, spotted and photographed a large vessel lying in a Norwegian fjord.

The Bismarck [...]

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