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Jay beams
Military; World War II
Was introduced partly as a deception to help to confuse the Germans over the use of GEE. It was nevertheless just as useful as a homing beacon. A number of transmitters, from ...
Granite
Military; World War II
A system of coloured flares and rockets deployed by the Royal Observer Corps to warn aircraft of high ground in fog and mist. In certain parts of the country the flares were used ...
Zyklon-B
Military; World War II
Commercial name for the prussic acid gas used in German extermination camps.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Military; World War II
The Nazis forced the sizeable Jewish population of this Polish city to live in the restricted area of the Warsaw ghetto. Starting in July 1942, the Nazis went further, deporting ...
Volkssturm
Military; World War II
Also known as "Storm of the people"; "People's Army" or "National Militia"). Was a German national militia of the last months of World War II. It was founded on Adolf Hitler's ...
Somaliland
Military; World War II
The area of North Africa British Somaliland was in the north and Italian Somaliland was in the south. In August 1940 Italy invaded British Somaliland, marking the beginning of ...
Sicilian Campaign
Military; World War II
Sicily is the island "football" across from the toe of the "foot" of mainland Italy. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Husky, began on July 10, 1943. It ended on August 17, ...
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