September 1940: British Retreat as Italians Advance into Egypt Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bickers, Richard Townshend, The Desert Air war: a gripping historical account of the RAF’s role in North Africa during World War II. UK: Lume Books, 2018. Kindle. Chapter Three “…On 13 September Graziani’s six divisions and an armoured group of Continue reading

Pipeline to Victory Part 1 Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Braddock, David. Britain’s Desert War in Egypt and Libya, 1940-1942: ’The End of the Beginning’. Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, 2019. Kindle. Chapter 3 The First British Offensive “Another constant anxiety was the shortage of water and for some days the personal ration was Continue reading

The Bristol Bombay Bomber/Transport Part 2 Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Dingers Aviation Pages, The Bristol Bombay—An under-appreciated British transport/bomber aircraft of WW2. https://dingeraviation.net/bristol/bombay.html “The Bombay was sometimes used on nuisance raids, rather than dropping large bombs it would be loaded up with large numbers of smallbombs. It could then cruise back and forward Continue reading

The Bristol Bombay Bomber/Transport Part 1 Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Dingers Aviation Pages, The Bristol Bombay—An under-appreciated British transport/bomber aircraft of WW2. https://dingeraviation.net/bristol/bombay.html The hybrid bomber/transport type was a class of aircraft prompted by the RAF’s heavy commitment to policing duties in British mandates in the Middle East and on the borders of Continue reading

An Unwitting Spy for the Axis Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Cooper, Artemis. Cairo in the War 1939-1945. London: John Murray (Publishers), 2013. Kindle. Chapter: Spies “…compared to what Colonel Bonner Fellers, an American Military Attache’, unwittingly supplied to the Germans. The British, who depended more and more on American arms, hoped to maintain Continue reading

Logistics: The Desert Railroad Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bickers, Richard Townshend. The Desert Air war: a gripping historical account of the RAF’s role in North Africa during World War II. UK: Lume Books, 2018. Kindle. Chapter One “At Mersa Matruh, with its fig trees, white domes and minarets, once stood Cleopatra’s summer palace Continue reading

British Hawker Hurricane Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bickers, Richard Townshend. The Desert Air War: a gripping historical account of the RAF’s role in North Africa during World War II. UK: Lume Books, 2018. Kindle. Chapter One “Dyson had used most of his 14.8 seconds’ worth of ammunition…he began to twist and jink among Continue reading

Silver Rails in the Moonlight Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Braddock, David. Britain’s Desert War in Egypt and Libya, 1940-1942: ‘The End of the Beginning’. Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, 2019. Kindle. Chapter 7 The Replacement of Wavell and the Preparation for “Crusader” “ ‘Crusader’ was a nightmare for the administrative staff of the Continue reading

Italy’s Savoi-Marchetta SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrow Hawk) Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Cooper, Artemis. Cairo in the War 1939-1945. London: John Murray (Publishers), 2013. Kindle. Chapter: The Benghazi Handicap “…to demonstrate its effectiveness and reassure the local population, a captured Italian plane was exhibited in Alexandria. The idea was that the spectators would be filled Continue reading

Myth Busting the “War Without Hate” Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bickers, Richard Townshend. The Desert Air War: a gripping historical account of the RAF’s role in North Africa during World War II. UK: Lume Books, 2018. Kindle. Chapter Four “At breakfast, Franzisket learned that Driver’s wife was in Cairo, waiting to see her Continue reading