Part Five – The Air Battle and the Flight Home There had been virtually no German night fighter activity over Peenemünde for the first thirty minutes of the raid. The first and second waves had [more…]
In Part 1, I briefly mentioned the 12 Days of Christmas without expanding on what these 12 days are and what they represent. Depending on where you look and what you read, this period can [more…]
Featured song: Roy Orbison – It’s Over This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]
Meon Hill lies in the valley of the River Avon, on the border of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. It is an outlier of the Cotswolds and, although it reaches only a modest 194m of elevation, [more…]
The Lawn Road flats in Hampstead, also known as the Isokon Building, were built in 1934 in the style known as Bauhaus or Le Corbusier. This is often known these days as brutalist and you [more…]
It seems impossible for England to keep its nose out of continental affairs. The historical track record beggars belief, the Black Prince, Henry V, Henry VIII, The War of Spanish Succession, Napoleonic Wars, The Great [more…]
Part Four – Over the Target The vanguard of the British bomber stream made its final turn over the headland of Arkona, on the island of Rügen. To the crews unused to flying at such [more…]
What is Christmas? When can we put the Christmas decorations up? When can we start talking about Christmas? Should we start Christmas shopping now? All of these examples of questions have become all too familiar [more…]
Featured song: The Beatles – Please, Please Me This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]
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