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Operation Chastise, the audacious attack on the dams in the Ruhr valley, is arguably one of the most famous airborne attacks in history. In this autobiography, Frank Pleszak explores Jack Marriott's life, his RAF service prior to joining 617 Squadron, and then the events leading up to and during Operation Chastise itself.

The fatal WW2 bombing raid on two remote Derbyshire villages with an attack on the iconic Chatsworth House after which the German raiders were shot down by Spitfires of the famous Battle of Britain 303 Polish Squadron

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Very little is known in the west about the battles on the Eastern Front in the Great War. The Battle for the small town of Vileyka (now in Belarus), about 100km east of Vilnius, at the end of September 1915 is one such battle. It is rarely, if ever, mentioned in English historical text, but it marked the extent of the German advance east at the end of the Russian Army's 'Great Retreat' of 1915. It constituted one of the few military successes ...