WWII in North Africa

Bad By Design: The Italian Breda Ba. 65 Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Dunning, Chris. Courage Alone—The Italian Airforce 1940-1943. Manchester: Crecy Publishing Limited, 2010. Page 53. “Sand in the engines proved to be nearly as big a danger to the Bredas as enemy fire; all had been lost by the end of February Continue reading

The Road Watch: Long Range Desert Group–Part 2 Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Owen, Major-General David Lloyd. The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945 Providence Their Guide, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008. Kindle. Part One—Chapter 2 The Patrol Structure “…which these patrols were to operate behind enemy lines from September 1940 until Continue reading

June 1940: Long Range Desert Group–Part 1 Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Owen, Major-General David Lloyd. The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945 Providence Their Guide, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008. Kindle. Part One—Chapter 1 Ralph Bagnold “…His inventive brain produced the answers to the many problems that arose. He designed a Continue reading

Avro Anson: British Desert Taxi Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Classic Warbirds. Avro Anson. https://www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-aircraft/avro-anson.php “…and featured manual landing gear which required 144 turns of a crank handle to retract.” Classic Warbirds. Avro Anson. https://www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-aircraft/avro-anson.php “With the introduction of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan on the 18th December 1939 the Anson would be Continue reading

Friendly Fire 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 Two “The pilots of five 80 Squadron Gladiators, who made an unsuccessful attempt to intercept the bombers, experienced a Continue reading

June 11, 1940–British Blenheim Bombers Strike First Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bickers, Richard Townshend. The Desert Air War: 1939-1945: a gripping historical account of the RAF’s role in North Africa during World War II. London: Lume Books, 2018. Chapter Four “…The pilot pulled the stick back and scraped over the ship. The aerial Continue reading

June 10, 1940–British Rolls-Royce Armored Car at the Frontier Wire 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 “To mark the frontier between Libya and Egypt, the Italians Continue reading

Western Desert Weather 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 “The grit permeated their food and drink. It penetrated the entrails of the aeroplanes: a fighter that Continue reading

The Battlefield: 1,000 Miles Wide by Fifty Miles Deep Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Delve, Ken. The Desert Air Force in WWII: Air Power in the Western Desert 1940-1942. South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, Ltd, 2017. Kindle. Chapter 1: Introduction “The main battle ground was a narrow strip adjacent to the coast and Continue reading

June 10, 1940: Italy Declares War on Great Britain and France Bibliography with Notes plus Bonus Content Bierman, John and Colin Smith. War Without Hate. New York: The Penguin Group, 2002, p. 14. “Out of the vaunted Regia Aeronautica’s 1,700 aircraft, only 900 could really be described as front-line machines. True, Italian aircraft frequently won Continue reading