Articles

Douglas Bader

"Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, ...

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Bernard Montgomery

Field marshal Bernard Montgomery is not undisputed. On the one hand, he was the one who defeated the German Afrika ...

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Brian Horrocks

Brian Horrocks was born September 7th , 1895 in Ranikhet, India. He was the son of Sir William Horrocks, a ...

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John Frost

John Dutton Frost (Poona, India, 31 December 1912 - West Sussex, England, 21 May 1993) was a British officer that ...

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George Brookes

Introduction Air Vice Marshal George Brooks, English by birth, was in charge of the Canadian Group within Bomber Command during the ...

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John Hackett

Youth and education John Winthrop Hackett was born on November 5th, 1910 in Perth, Western Australia and was the son of ...

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Alec Coryton

Preface Air Chief Marshal Sir Alec Coryton was in command of No.5 Group Bomber Command from April 1942 till February 1943. ...

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Arthur Harris

Arthur Harris’ name is indelibly associated with the bomber war. He led Bomber Command from February 1942 until the end ...

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Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt

Preface Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt isn't very well-known for his role in the Second World War. He was the ...

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Winston Churchill

In a time when Great Britain was going through its darkest period, there was only one man who could lead ...

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Frederick Browning

Frederick Browning was born on December 20, 1896, and joined the officer training corps during his education at Eton. During ...

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John Coke

The British Major John S.A. Coke, nicknamed ‘Corgi’, was born on September 7, 1911 and was killed at the age ...

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Patrick Playfair

Introduction Some of the Royal Air Force commanders from the Second World War are well known because of the command they ...

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Donald Stevenson

Air Vice-Marshal Donald Stevenson was nicknamed ‘Butcher’ by the crews of No.2 Group of RAF Bomber Command. During his command ...

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