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The term dubbel (also double) is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. [1] The origin of the dubbel was a strong version of a brown beer brewed in Westmalle Abbey in 1856, which is known to have been on sale to the public by June 1861. [2] In 1926, the recipe was changed by brewer Henrik Verlinden, and it was sold as Dubbel Bruin. [3]
Hobart's Funnies is the nickname given to a number of specialist armoured fighting vehicles derived from tanks operated during the Second World War by units of the 79th Armoured Division of the British Army or by specialists from the Royal Engineers.
The Double V campaign, initiated by the Pittsburgh Courier from February 1942, was a drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II. The idea of the Double V originated from a letter written by James G. Thompson on January 31, 1942.
[28] [29] It was reformulated by the CCB following the entrance of the US into World War II by the CCB "Methods and Procedures" committee, [29] and was used by all branches of the United States Armed Forces until the promulgation of its replacement, the ICAO spelling alphabet (Alfa, Bravo, etc.), in 1956. Before the JAN phonetic alphabet, each ...
The RAF Bar ceiling with graffiti of World War II airmen. During the Second World War, Allied airmen, who drank and socialised at The Eagle, used wax candles, petrol lighters and lipstick to write their names, squadron numbers and other doodles onto the ceiling of the rear bar.
"One More Drink for the Four of Us" (aka "Glorious" or "Drunk Last Night") is a traditional drinking and marching song.It became popular during the First World War, and has been widely repurposed for other marches, college bands, and social clubs.
Improvised incendiary grenade often made in a beer bottle. Missle: An airborne explosive self-propelled by a jet, engine or propellant. Nail bomb: An explosive packed with nails which upon ignition, acts like shrapnel. 1970 Pipe bomb: An improvised explosive using a firmly sealed pipe filled with an explosive material. Pressure cooker bomb
An Avro Lancaster with a food drop over Ypenburg during Operation Manna. Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound were humanitarian food drops to relieve the Dutch famine of 1944–45 in the German-occupied Netherlands undertaken by Allied bomber crews during the last 10 days of the official war in Europe.