Tag: WWII
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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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HMS Glorious
HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Glorious was paid off after the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. After the start of the Second World War, Glorious spent the rest of 1939 unsuccessfully hunting for Read more
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West Head Army Track
West Head Army Track The West Head Army Track is a short, steep one-way/return bushwalk in the West Head precinct of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. It drops from the West Head lookout area down to the remains of a World War II coastal battery and gun emplacements perched on the headland above Broken Bay and Read more