Battle for the Islands by Nicolas Trudgian. ART445

Battle for the Islands by Nicolas Trudgian. ART445DHM2047. Battle for the Islands by Nicolas Trudgian. Corsairs of VMF 121 provide close air support to the US landings on Rendova, June 30, 1943. Fiercely contested, the invasion force was heavily attacked by Zero fighters and Mitsubishi G4M1 Betty bombers, flying from their base at Rabaul. Dog fighting at tree top height, VMF 121 Corsairs rip into a bunch of Betty bombers as they try to make their escape following their attack on shipping. On fire,

and for the month over 100 aircraft were lost

Print paper size 31 inches x 23 inches (79cm x 58cm)

thousands and thousands of crack troops crushed by one of the deadliest air to ground attacks in history

This superb print has been taken form a coloured lithograph produced around 1900

Then the Derbys and the Dorsets tried to rush the entrenchments

Thunder in the Ardennes by Anthony Saunders

By June 1944 the US Fleet had made a huge leap across the Pacific to the Marianas

he circled around for a while

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Return From the Fray by Richard Taylor

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he joined the RAF as part of the 17th Entry at Halton in January 1928 and trained as a metal rigger