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1941, Saturday 06 December; An hour before sundown, the Vildebeest bomber taxied to the aircraft pen, led by a hand painted RAF blue...

Whales were taking a beating , all the 4 piper guard DD's were manned by reservists most with less then 6 months active time,, ROTC...

That said, even limited success in Cilicia is likely to turn out better for the Entente than OTL's failure at Gallipoli. But it may not...

This has been discussed previously on the forum a few times. The big downside of the Cilicia/Alexandretta plan, as @Disraeli's Ghost...

One thing I've never been able to find out - were the Antares/Ward reports something new, or had the guardships been attacking...

OTL, this convoy was the (in)famous PQ17, where the mere report that the Tirpitz had sortied panicked the Admiralty into ordering the...

10 June 1942. London, England. General Alan Brooke had prepared a statement to be made at an interview with the Soviet Minister of...

And this is the best-case scenario, the one where the equipment is all working, the message is recognised as important, people are...

1941, Saturday 06 December: The captains and navigating officers had all been called over to the ‘Prince’ late last night. The...

WWII-era practice was to refine the oil close to the well and then transport the refined products. So the Soviet oil refineries were in...

Marking Iraq - which had a pro-Axis revolt that was put down by the British - as "Allied" is stretching it. I don't think who ever drew...

9 June 1942. Moscow CCCP Timoshenko’s news to the STAVKA was not only unwelcome, but as far as Stalin was concerned, following the loss...

1941, Friday 05 December; The summary was finished, the facts (as much as they had) laid bare. All the senior officers and the aides...

Oops, got my countries mixed up. Thinking of Tripoli and Libya rather than Tunis and Tunisia. Double check everything! Allan.

I'll second this. If the (Vichy) French authorities in Tunisia are allowing Allied aircraft to base out of Tunis and warships out of...