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Mar 19, 2001 · Working his way up from the bottom, Ralph Thomas mastered camera, sound and editing and worked as an assistant to David Lean before World War II intervened.
Above Us the Waves: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice. The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
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Ralph Follett Wigram CMG (/ r eɪ f ˈ w ɪ ɡ r əm / rayf WIG-rəm; 23 October 1890 – 31 December 1936) was a British government official in the Foreign Office. He helped raise the alarm about German rearmament under Hitler during the period prior to World War II.
Discover untold stories of bravery and sacrifice from the historic Normandy Invasion and the rest of WW2. Explore firsthand accounts of WWII veterans.
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These records are Royal Air Force combat reports written during the Second World War. They are the official reports which pilots or air gunners filed after they had encountered enemy aircraft on operational flights. The reports cover action seen by the squadrons, wings and groups serving with Fighter Command, Bomber Command, Coastal Command and the...
The records mainly consist of either a ‘personal combat report’ or a ‘fighter command combat report’. They sometimes include correspondence or notes. The reports record details such as: 1. date and time of the combat 2. squadron of the person submitting the information 3. type and number of enemy aircraft 4. height and general location of where the...
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The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of communist influence in East Asia, with the People's Republic of China, as the Chinese Communist Party emerged victorious from the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
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May 19, 2020 · Ralph first met his future wife, Ursula, soon after the end of the war, and they decided to marry in December 1945, when British men serving in the armed forces or Control Commission for Germany (CCG) were still forbidden to marry ‘ex-enemy nationals’.
