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Desert Diorama, Part Two

28th August 2024 Going Postal 0

In parallel with building the baseboard, desert and buildings (see Part 1), I started to collect and assemble the DAK armour, vehicles and figures to populate the diorama. My preference is for kits made by [more…]

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Desert Diorama, Part One

21st August 2024 Going Postal 0

As well as researching “Desert Mysteries” and the exploits of the “Desert Fox”, amongst my other hobbies is the construction of scale model dioramas. For a diorama, I design and build by hand the baseboard, [more…]

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Desert Fox: Erwin Rommel’s Photograph Collection

14th August 2024 Going Postal 0

The Vietnam War started in 1955 and ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975 when the Americans left in a hurry. It has been described as the first televised war but a claim to [more…]

20th Century

Desert Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Deutsches Afrikakorps

7th August 2024 Going Postal 0

The “Deutsches Afrikakorps” (DAK) were formed in 1941 after the failure of the Italian defence of their North African colonies against the British advance in Operation “Compass”. The Germans sent out the DAK, initially composed [more…]

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Desert Mysteries, Part Five

12th June 2024 Going Postal 0

The Royal Tank Museum In Part 4, I described the vehicles that belonged to the British and Arab “Special Forces” of WW1 and WW2 that are displayed in The Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan. [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – an Introduction

13th May 2020 well_chuffed 0

Something inspired me to do a series of articles on the North African Campaign or Desert War as it it is also known. A quick look at the timeline and it seemed to be oh [more…]

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