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Operation Primrose

German Type IXB submarines were slightly larger than the original German Type IX submarines, later designated IXA. U-110 had a

German submarine U-110 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. She was

Operation Deadlight was the code name for the Royal Navy operation to scuttle German U-boats surrendered to the Allies after

Operation Archery, was a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy,

Operation Dryad was a raid on the Casquets lighthouse in the Channel Islands by British Commandos during World War II.

The Propagandawerfer 41 consisted of a light 12.26 kg steel tube framework. The base of the launcher was triangular in

On the night of 31 August 1940, the British 20th Destroyer Flotilla – consisting of HMS Express, Esk, Icarus, Intrepid

In February 1940, the German tanker Altmark was returning to Germany with 299 British merchant sailors on board, these were

The beginning of the German war against the USSR, the British and American governments agreed to send unconditional aid to

On the 29th September 1939, soon after the start of the Second World War, Rear Admiral John Godfrey, the Director