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IN MAY 1940 HITLER UNLEASHED HIS FORCES ON

AN UNPREPARED WESTERN EUROPE, AND WITHIN A

FEW WEEKS HAD SMASHED A PATH TO THE ENGLISH

CHANNEL. WE EXAMINE THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE 75

YEARS AGO, AND TELL OF THE BRAVERY OF THOSE WHO OPPOSED

THE BLITZKRIEG – THE ‘LIGHTNING WAR’

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OVERVIEW OF THE ‘LIGHTNING WAR’

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RAF HECTOR BIPLANES OVER CALAIS

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FRENCH DEFENCE – THE L’ARMÉE

BELGIUM AIR ARMS FOUGHT^46 THE NETHERLANDS AND DE L’AIR FIGHTS BACK

HARD. WE CHART THE

BELGIAN DEFENCE OF

THEIR COUNTRY

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ARM DID ITS BEST TO COVER THE THE ROYAL NAVY’S FLEET AIR

DE S PE R ATE E VACUATIO N AT

DUNKIRK, AS ANDREW THOMAS

DESCRIBES

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THE BLITZKRIEG – A HARBINGER OF

PORTFOLIO OF

JU 87 STUKA

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