At the conclusion of World War II and the official end to hostilities with Japan Korea was divided at the 38th Parallel with the Soviet Union administering North Korea and the United States Administering the South. Border incidents were constant for 5 years before The North Korean Army Invaded the South in 1950. The UN declared an emergency and a combined army from 21 countries came to the defence of South ...
Four years after leading the Military coup in Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser officially became President of Egypt, within 2 months he declared that the Suez Canal Company would be Nationalised in order to pay for the building of the much needed Aswan Dam project. Prior to the Coup loans had been agreed with the UK and USA to pay for the Dam, but Nasser had been heavily supported by the Soviet Union, so the ...
The Battle of Britain was clearly a defining moment in World War II, Germany's Blitzkrieg tactics had been highly successful and the seaborne invasion of Britain, operation Sea Lion was ready to come into action. It was imperative for Germany that the RAF was neutralised and this, along with decimating Aircraft production capacity, was the aim of Herman Georing, As head of the Luftwaffe he brought everything ...
The Royal Air Force procured chronographs from various manufacturers during the 1980s including Hamilton, CWC and Precista. For one year only, 1980, they also used the Newmark Military Chronograph, due to the relatively short run these watches are particularly scarce. They followed the standard pattern required by the RAF with a large asymmetric case with twin pushers a recessed crown and swiss ...
Updated Dec 3, 2015 at 02:43 PM by Churchy
As part of NATO, West Germany was well prepared to be at the forefront of any Warsaw Pact invasion. The Airforce flew the Panavia Tornado Tactical Fighter Bomber, Designed and built jointly with Italy and The UK. Pilots were issued with Porsche designed Orfina Chronographs. ...
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