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13 de sept. de 2024 · H. G. Wells' prophetic The War in the Air foretold the use of airplanes in warfare and the coming of World War I. First serialized in 1907 and published in book form in 1908, the novel tells the story of the forward-thinking tinkerer Bert Smallways. Alfred Butteridge is said to be the only English aviator to know the "secret of the flying machine." When Bert Smallways accidentally falls into ...
Hace 1 día · Air power enthusiasts have called the conquest of Saipan “the turning point of the war in the Pacific,” for it enabled the United States to establish air bases there for the big B-29 bombers, which had been developed for the specific purpose of bombing Japan.
Hace 23 horas · Iran’s leader must choose how to fight his war with Israel; The threat of an Israeli attack is reviving Iranian nationalism; Israel’s invasion of Lebanon may bolster support for Hizbullah
Hace 23 horas · The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Hace 23 horas · 10 October 2024 4:04pm BST. The US Air Force realised years ago it had a distance problem. Specifically, its manned fighters – F-15 Eagles, F-16 Falcons, F-22 Raptors and F-35 Lightnings – would...
Hace 1 día · Ukraine and Russia at War. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the deadliest war on European soil in more than 70 years. Follow this page for reports from the ground, the political wrangling on...
Hace 1 día · Israel-Hamas War, war between Israel and Palestinian militants, especially Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a land, sea, and air assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip.
