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20th Century

The Desert War – January 1941

13th January 2021 well_chuffed 0

The start of a new year and things are getting much warmer in the Mediterranean, North Africa and East Africa. The Luftwaffe arrived in Italy ready to bomb us at sea while Operation Compass continued [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – December 1940

9th December 2020 well_chuffed 0

At the start of the last month of 1940 the Italians had been pushed out of Greece and were now under the cosh in Albania, Il Duce’s ambitions were more than his forces could handle. [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – November 1940

11th November 2020 well_chuffed 0

More of the same is the best description of November. The Italians got their butts kicked both in and finally out of Greece resulting in the Duce eventually having to grovel to the Führer and [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – October 1940

8th October 2020 well_chuffed 0

80 years ago this month things were quiet in the actual desert. After the initial British skirmishing that was an attempt to convince the Italians we were much stronger than we really were and the [more…]

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20th Century

The Desert War – September 1940

9th September 2020 well_chuffed 0

80 years ago this month things started hotting up. The Italians invaded Egypt and there was a fair bit of action at sea. On the 5th 6 Blenheims and 6 Hurricanes arrived in crates at [more…]

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20th Century

The Desert War – August 1940

6th August 2020 well_chuffed 0

We reach August 1940, eighty years ago. Things still looking bleak for the Brits and it doesn’t really improve this month and we moan about the lockdown, albeit with some justification. The Italians had been [more…]

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20th Century

The Desert War – July 1940

9th July 2020 well_chuffed 0

Now we reach the 80th anniversary of July 1940 in the Desert War. Slim pickings in Libya and Egypt this month, both sides were gearing up for battle but the Navies were kept on their [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…]

20th Century

Nazi missiles threaten Israel

16th October 2019 well_chuffed 0

Why did I choose to write this; long forgotten reports of missiles in Egypt and the way the press didn’t seem to take it very seriously at the time. It is time for a closer [more…]

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