Category: Military
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Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC
Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC The Bristol Beaufighter was a heavy fighter derived from the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. The Mk IC was specifically designed for RAF Coastal Command to provide a long range fighter and strike aircraft. Read more
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Danish Training Cruiser HDMS Niels Juel
The Danish training cruiser Niels Juel was one of Denmark’s most significant naval vessels during the interwar period and the early years of the Second World War. Named after the seventeenth-century Danish admiral Niels Juel, the ship embodied both the maritime heritage and the modernization of Denmark’s small but professional navy. Her story, especially during… Read more
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein SMS Schleswig-Holstein was the fifth and final ship of the Deutschland-class (along with her sisters Deutschland, Pommern, Schlesien, and Hannover), built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel. She was laid down in 1905, launched in December 1906, and commissioned in July 1908. Like her sisters, she was a pre-dreadnought completed… Read more