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By Richard Pike
The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2 is a must have better half and keeps the subject matter of stories from pilots and different team hooked up with this iconic airplane, giving an extraordinary perception into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate tales to intrigue, amaze and amuse, the e-book has additionally been compiled and written via Richard Pike. The reader is taken to occasions as different as intercepting 60 plus enemy airplane, a determined fight in a cockpit flooded via tropical downpours, the problems of struggling with surprising and painful toothache at excessive altitude, and the curious stumble upon with an ufo. yet one more bankruptcy paints a dramatic reconstruction of a scene in Germany while a Lightning, having entered an inadvertent, out-of-control spin, started an earthwards plunge in the direction of a city middle.
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There was brief fighting but at 1145hrs on 15 June Fort Douaumont surrendered without a shot fired. Just 15 minutes later Fort Vaux also surrendered. THE SITE TODAY No battlefield in France, and perhaps in all of Europe, is more sacred than Verdun.
The guns in the turrets were left because they could not operate in the field. The forts were also emptied of their garrisons, leaving behind a small crew to fire the turret guns. This seemed a good strategy at the time, as the forts no longer played a key military role. However, in the opening days of the battle of Verdun this strategy was revealed to be a mistake. The French Army expected an attack on Verdun at the end of 1915. When it came, the Army planned to destroy the remaining offensive and defensive capabilities of the forts so they could not be used by the Germans, as mentioned in Général Benôit’s note.
New underground galleries were dug out, accessible by shafts. The shafts ranged in depth from 5 to 15m, depending on the ground above, whether rock or earth. The shafts permitted the garrison to access underground command posts, barracks, food supplies, munitions, water wells, kitchens and latrines. They also provided safe access to the turrets and casemates. Electric lights were installed and in some tunnels heating ducts were added. The new underground system was connected by tunnels to rear entrances outside the perimeter of the fort, allowing the soldiers to escape if the fort came under siege.