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The improved British air defences forced Kagohl 3 to turn to night bombing, at first intended to be temporary until re-equipped with improved aircraft but the Gotha G V turned out to be a disappointment, no better than the G IV. The G V and later Gotha models, even the G VII, built to reach an altitude of 20,000–23,000 ft (6,000–7,000 m ...
This section is missing information about pre-2021 use of American-styled gear in propaganda videos: captures or airsoft copies? Also, captured NVG circa 2017. Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (September 2021)
Although the German strategic bombing campaign against Britain was the most extensive of the war, it was largely ineffective, in terms of actual damage done. Only 300 tons of bombs were dropped, resulting in material damage of £2,962,111 damage, 1,414 dead and 3,416 injured, these figures including those due to shrapnel from the anti-aircraft ...
Britain Needs You At Once at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War, unknown artist (restored by Adam Cuerden) A Hannover CL.III shot down on 4 October 1918 , by J. E. Gibbon (restored by Keraunoscopia )
An Aviatik B.I, typical of the primitive two-seaters used by the Carrier Pigeon Squadron in late 1914.. Major Wilhelm Siegert was an aviation pioneer and an influential advocate of strategic bombing, who immediately approached the Oberste Heeresleitung (Supreme Army Command or OHL) proposing the formation of a bombing aeroplane force to attack Britain from Calais; the idea was accepted and on ...
The codename for an American and British bombing campaign Operation Devi Shakti: 16 August 2021: 21 August 2021: Throughout Afghanistan: Evacuation: An operation of the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from the country after the fall of Kabul: Operation Diablo Dragnet: 19 July 2007: 19 July 2007: Kandahar ...
The British soldiers went to war in August 1914 wearing the 1902 Pattern Service Dress tunic and trousers. This was a thick woollen tunic, dyed khaki.There were two breast pockets for personal items and the soldier's AB64 Pay Book, two smaller pockets for other items, and an internal pocket sewn under the right flap of the lower tunic where the First Field Dressing was kept.
The Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London commemorates British citizens, including both military personnel and civilians, who participated in the Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. In these three conflicts, which took place between 1990 and 2015, 682 British service personnel died. [ 1 ]