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Over half a million German civilians were killed by Allied bombs during World War Two - most of them in the very last months of the war. With the aid of newly released documents, witness testimonies, rare archive footage and a series of dramatic reconstructions, Timewatch explores the real motivation behind this appalling destruction, challenging post-war myths and wartime propaganda. What emerges is a disturbing story of institutional rivalry between...
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"The three Eagle Squadrons of Britain's Royal Air Force were manned by young American flyers risking their lives in another nation's fight. American Pilots in the RAF tells the personal stories of how these units were formed, their harrowing combat experiences, and their significant contribution to Britain's defense during this perilous stage of the war." -- inside cover.
World War 2; Air operations; By; Fighter aircraft.
7) Mathematics with love: the courtship correspondence of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb
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"In 1922 Barnes Wallis, who later invented the bouncing bomb immortalized in the movie The Dam Busters, fell in love for the first and last time - aged 35. The object of his affection, Molly Bloxam, was 17 and setting off to study science at University College London. Her father decreed that the two could correspond only if Barnes taught Molly mathematics in his letters."
"Mathematics with Love presents, for the first time, the result of this curious...
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