World War II: Witness to War
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With it's superior long range and superior performance the P-51 Mustang aided in the Allies' efforts to strike Nazi targets throughout Germany.
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The Introduction of the P-51 Mustang to Bombing Raids
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Members of the US Pacific fleet recount their surprise when first seeing Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor as they initiated their attack.
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Witnesses Are Surprised By Japanese Aircraft Flying Over Pearl Harbor
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Unlike in the First World War the Allies, with the British in particular, had to account for a much larger area of the sea to cover and protect from Axis threats.
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Nazi Gains on Land Mean Freedom of the Seas
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As ground forces including the Home Guard were being assembled to counter a German invasion on British soil the Royal Air Force bore the responsibility win the immediate battle in the skies over the English Channel and the United Kingdom.
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British Ground and Air Forces Prepare for a German Invasion
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First-person accounts describe the perilous situation in which hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers found themselves struggling to escape Dunkirk under a barrage of enemy fire.
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Chaos and Carnage on the Beach at Dunkirk
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