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THE SINKING OF THE CUNARD LINER SS LANCASTRIA OFF ST NAZAIRE On 17 June the Lancastria, pleasure cruiser of peacetime, had taken her full complement of British troops and civilians aboard from the evacuation port of St Nazaire when three Luftwaffe aircraft attacked and sank her. The next day the Germans had still not arrived, […]

Deutscher Sturmwagen in Roye German A7V tank in Roye, Somme, 26 March 1918. The ‘March Retreat’ of 1918 is remembered as one of the worst defeats in the history of the British army. After four years of deadlock, in their spring offensive the Germans used innovative new artillery and infantry tactics to break through the […]