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Britain s forgotten battle that changed the course of WWII

Britain s forgotten battle that changed the course of WWII © BBC View of the Garrison Hill battlefield with the British and Japanese positions shown. Garrison Hill was the key to the British defences at Kohima. Captain Robin Rowland was 22 when his regiment was deployed to the north-eastern Indian town of Kohima. It was May 1944, and a small group of British-Indian soldiers was under assault by an entire division of Japanese forces. Capt Rowland, now 99, vividly remembers approaching the town, following a trail of devastation to the front line. We saw abandoned trenches and destroyed villages, and as we moved forward the smell of death was everywhere, he said.

Kohima: Britain s forgotten battle that changed the course of WWII

BBC News By Anbarasan Ethirajan image captionView of the Garrison Hill battlefield with the British and Japanese positions shown. Garrison Hill was the key to the British defences at Kohima. Captain Robin Rowland was 22 when his regiment was deployed to the north-eastern Indian town of Kohima. It was May 1944, and a small group of British-Indian soldiers was under assault by an entire division of Japanese forces. Capt Rowland, now 99, vividly remembers approaching the town, following a trail of devastation to the front line. We saw abandoned trenches and destroyed villages, and as we moved forward the smell of death was everywhere, he said.

Duxford s Handley Page Dart Herald 201 - Travel for Aircraft

Travel for Aircraft By joseph may on February 13, 2021 at 10:00 PM 52° 05′ 36″ N / 00º 07′ 44″ E Handley Page Dart Herald 201 at the Imperial War Museum at IWM Duxford ©2018 Joseph May/Travel for Aircraft The Handley Page Herald (wait to get to the Dart Herald) was designed in the 1950s with piston engines and meant to replace the Douglas DC-3. Proven success and reliability over piston engines of the Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines demanded their installation on the Herald voilá, the Dart Herald! This Dart Herald is a stretched version possessing an additional 4½ feet to carry 56 passengers instead of the original 47. Stability throughout all speed regimes and exhibiting a great degree of maneuverability with excellent STOL performance made this an attractive aircraft. However, the height of the vertical stabilizer could make ground handling a challenge at times. This airliner is in the colors of Air UK and, along with many others, is a possessi

Cancel culture: Ministers to crack down on universities with free speech champion plans | Politics | News

Universities and colleges that fail to comply will be fined for suffocating free speech. The plans, unveiled by The Sunday Telegraph, forms part of a major Government escalation of the war on woke . In recent months, the movement has seen numerous historical statues toppled, political speakers prevented from hosting talks, and seen the National Trust investigate its historic links to the slave trade. But the Government hopes to put a stop to this and aims at preventing universities from trying to cancel, dismiss or demote people over their views. Ministers will attempt to crack down on efforts to rewrite Britain s history (Image: Getty)

Britten-Norman s Trislander—a commuter s three engine wonder

Britten-Norman’s Trislander a commuter’s three engine wonder Britten-Norman Trislander at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford UK ©2018 Joseph May/Travel for Aircraft Precisely termed by aircraft maker Britten-Norman (est. 1954 and named for designers John Britten and Demond Norman) as the BN-2A Mk III Trislander, it is commonly called the Britten-Norman Trislander.  An STOL rough field performer it can take off in a bit under 1500 feet, though more typically 1950 feet, with further advantages of low speed handling ease, low noise levels, economy of operation as well as three engine reliability. This Trislander was last flown by Aurigny Air Services, the airline of the Bailiwick of Guernsey (the Channel Islands), which has retired the type. Typically flown with a single crewmember it possesses a passenger capacity of 16 and can fly them to destinations as far away as 1000 miles at a cruise speed of 155 mph (typically at 13,000 feet). Each Lycoming O-540-E4C5 flat six piston eng

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