The Big Little War Dunford Wood James
The Big Little War Dunford Wood James There are very few WW2 epics still to be uncovered. This all changed when, following a German supported Iraqi coup, 9000 Iraqi troops marched on the camp to…
Specifikacia The Big Little War Dunford Wood James
The Big Little War Dunford Wood James
There are very few WW2 epics still to be uncovered. This all changed when, following a German supported Iraqi coup, 9000 Iraqi troops marched on the camp to demand its surrender. The Big Little War is one - based on recently discovered war diaries, it's the incredible story of how a handful of RAF trainees and their instructors fought overwhelming odds to save Britain's Middle East empire - and why they were excised from history.In early 1941 RAF Habbaniya in Iraq was a quiet flying school far from the front line.
Left to fend for themselves and faced with the imminent arrival of the Luftwaffe, the camp commandant ordered a pre-emptive strike in their ancient biplanes...Of all the battles of WW2, there has never been a more underreported campaign Habbaniya was virtually defenceless, with reinforcements weeks away across the desert.