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OPERATION

The rotation of the object, and presumably the radioactive liquid-metal called “Xerum 525″, suggests that the Germans were investigating the inertial and vortex properties of radioactive material when subjected to high speed rotation, as well as the resulting field effects. … Continue reading

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DIE GLOCKE (1945)

“The Bell” (German: Die Glocke) represented something at the very pinnacle of SS General’s Hans Kammler‘s occult and super-secret SS “wonder weapons” empire. Nick Cook‘s book, “Hunt for Zero Point” represents the only publicly accessible information on this bizarre object … Continue reading

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Australia at war 3 September 1939

On 3 September 1939, Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced that Australia was at war with Germany. Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially, that in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of … Continue reading

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Bombers: Russia

Long before his pioneering work on helicopters, Igor Sikorsky became interested in multi-engined aircraft.  This interest was sparked in 1911 after he nearly crashed when an insect caught in the carburettor of his single engined plane. In 1913 he built … Continue reading

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The First Battle of the Aisne, 1914

The First Battle of the Aisne was a follow-up offensive by the Allied forces against the right wing of the German First and Second armies (under von Kluck and von Bulow) in retreat after September 1914′s First Battle of the Marne.  The offensive began … Continue reading

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The Battle of the Frontiers, 1914

The Battle of the Frontiers comprised five offensives launched under French Commander-in-ChiefJoseph Joffre and German Chief of StaffHelmuth von Moltke’s initiative during the first month of the war, August 1914. The battles – at Mulhouse, Lorraine, theArdennes, Charleroi and Mons - were launched more or less simultaneously, and … Continue reading

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The Battle of Liege, 1914

Something of a moral victory for the Allies as represented by Belgium, the Battle of Liege ran for twelve days from 5-16 August 1914, and resulted in surprisingly heavy losses upon the German invasion force by the numerically heavily outnumbered … Continue reading

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The Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914

Designed by the British as a means of attacking German patrols in the north-west German coast, the encounter at Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914 comprised the first naval battle of the war. Commander Tyrwhitt was charged with leading the … Continue reading

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The Battle of Epehy, 1918

Fought in the wake of successful encounters at St Mihiel andHavrincourt, the Battle of Epehy was directed against forward outposts of the Hindenburg Line, and was chiefly conducted by General Rawlinson’s Fourth Army on 18 September 1918. British and French forces – … Continue reading

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The First Battle of Champagne, 1914

The First Battle of Champagne, which after minor skirmishes began on 20 December 1914, was effectively the first significant attack by the Allies against the Germans since the construction of trenches following the so-called ‘race to the sea‘ during the … Continue reading

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