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The Spitfire, symbol of British military heroism in the 'Good War', was always, at heart, a defensive weapon.
The Phoney Victory (2018)
Prince of Wales and Repulse both came to be sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 December 1941 off the coast of Malaya.
The Phoney Victory (2018)
We made a hurried and shamefully disorganized exit from India, at a vast cost in Indian lives, leaving behind us two dangerous frontier conflicts that remain unresolved till today.
The Phoney Victory (2018)
His [Churchill's] power over the fate of Prince of Wales was absolute and direct. He sent the ship ... into mortal peril. its combination military folly, and of boyish Churchillian posturing, is striking.
The Phoney Victory (2018)
[The] Battle of Britain did not prevent Hitler from dominating the continent for the next four years.
The Phoney Victory (2018)
In 1934, Britain owed the US $4.4bn of World War I debt (about £866m at 1934 exchange rates). Adjusted by the Retail Price Index, a typical measure of inflation, £866m would equate to £40bn now, and if adjusted by the growth of GDP, to about £225bn.
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