estimated 32 million gallons of crude oil spilled.[1] The wreck of the supertankerSS Torrey Canyon affected hundreds of miles of coastline in the UK‚ France‚ Guernsey‚ and Spain and mitigation efforts involved bombing raids by aircraft from the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.[2] Torrey Canyon left Mina al-Ahmadi with a full cargo of crude oil in February 1967‚ reached the Canary Islands in March‚ with an intended destination of Milford Haven in West Wales. On 18 March 1967 she struck Pollard’s Rock on Seven
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Berlin. Importantly‚ later in the war there would have been no country of Britain to serve as a base for the Allied freeing of Europe from Nazi rule. “If the Royal Air Force had failed in the attempt to stop Germany‚ Hitler would have been able to invade southern England‚ thus taking entire control over Europe” (Stewart).When the German forces reached the Channel they had‚ by their standards‚ won the war in the West. They had occupied Belgium‚ the Netherlands and most of France and driven Britain from
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World War II: The Royal Canadian Air Force Canada made many significant contributions to the winning World War II and one of the major contributions Canada made was the Royal Canadian Air Force. A significant contribution the air force made was they provided a place for allied pilots to train and supplied a large amount of money. The Air Force helped protect the convoys going across the Atlantic and helped develop new anti- naval weapons. Another contribution was defending Britain from German bombings
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situation in the spring of 1942 was grim due to deep penetration of Germans to Russia result in the British Eighth Army in North Africa had been forced back into Egypt‚ and‚ in Western Europe‚ the Allied Forces had been pushed across the English Channel to Britain. At this point the Allied Forces were not strong enough to mount “Operation Overlord”‚ the full-scale invasion of Western Europe. Instead‚ the Allies decided to mount a major raid on the French port of Dieppe which was designed to test new
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stand for democracy in Europe to try to retake the conquered nations of Poland‚ Norway‚ Austria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ France‚ Luxembourg‚ Belgium‚ and the Netherlands. Fearing that the Germans may take over French warships; Churchill ordered the British Royal Navy to attack and destroy the French warships unless their crews joined with Britain. Still it would be difficult for Britain to take the fight to Germany and actually win the war. The British Army may have survived by escaping at Dunkirk when
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organised trips‚ but special permits are needed‚ and all arrival must be by air or a cruise port. Unauthorized travelers who arrive on shore after crossing the strait‚ even those with visas‚ may be arrested‚ imprisoned briefly‚ fined‚ deported and banned from future visas. RAF The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918‚[3] it is the oldest independent air force
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The Battle of Britain was one of the most epic all-air battles in history. The battle took place between the United Kingdom and Germany‚ during World War II‚ from July through September 1940. Germany wanted to take over the land and seaports in the United Kingdom and spread their fascist ways. The United Kingdom wanted to protect their “island”‚ Europe and the world by fighting back and defeating Germany . The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom‚ Winston Churchill‚ is quoted as saying in his famous
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Battle of Britain (1940) The Battle of Britain was a combat of the Second World War‚ in which the British Air Force‚ the Royal Air Force (RAF)‚ defended the Britain against the German Air Force‚ the Luftwaffe. The battle commenced on July 10‚ 1940 and ended on October 31‚ 1940. The battle was fought over southern England entirely in the air. The German’s aim for the battle was to gain air superiority over southern England and the English Channel by destroying the RAF and England’s aircraft industry
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highly manoeuvrable Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) air-to-air weapon. Guidance is provided by an active radar seeker benefiting from enhanced technologies drawn from the MBDA Aster and Mica missile programmes. The meteor was designed to equip the Euro fighter Typhoons of the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF)‚ Germany’s Luftwaffe‚ Spain’s Ejército del Aire and Italy’s Aeronautica Militare Italiana‚ the British and Italian F-35s (both in the Air Force and Navy)‚ the Dassault Rafales of France’s
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INTRODUCTION How well prepared was Britain for war in 1939? The British Army in 1939 was a small‚ professional force. It was supported by the Territorial Army. At the outbreak of war the British Expeditionary Force dispatched to France was 12 divisions in size. This was from a total force of 50 full and part-time divisions. In addition to the forces of the British Army‚ also consider the size of the forces that the British army could draw on from the dominions and British colonies. These included a number
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