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Agincourt by Peter Dennis

#peter dennis #art #battle of agincourt #hundred years war #knights #knight #melee #armour #hounskull #chivalry #medieval #middle ages #history #france #england #french #english #europe #european #men at arms #man at arms #sword #swords #helmets #combat

Coberta de Cathar Castles: Fortresses of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209–1300, per Marcus Cowper, amb iŀlustracions de Peter Dennis, publicat per Osprey Publishing el 2006.

#llibre #coberta #Croada albigesa #Croada càtara #Cathar Castles #Marcus Cowper #Peter Dennis #Osprey Publishing #història #història militar #història d'Occitània #2006

War elephants by Peter Dennis

#War elehpants #Peter Dennis #like in theory war elephants are neat #in practice Its fucking abhorrent that ppl did this to them #elephants should be doing their funky elephant thing in their respective environments free from human interference

1918 08 10 Amiens, Dogfight RAF 32 Sqn vs Jasta 15 - Peter Dennis

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The air operations in support of the ground battle reached their zenith of intensity on 10 August. By this time the RAF effort was shifting back towards the original intention of interdicting the German lines of communications by attacking the key railway centres through which any reinforcements would need to transit. Twelve DH9s from 27 and 49 squadrons were tasked with bombing Peronne railway station escorted by SESas of 32 Squadron and Bristol Fighters of 62 Squadron. As they approached the target from the south-west they were attacked by 14 Fokker DVlls from Jasta 15 led by the ace commander of JG II, Rudolf Berthold. In order to maintain the advantage given by a higher position both attackers and defenders normally split their force with one element placed above the other to act as 'top cover'. Once under attack a defender would attempt to execute a climbing turn towards the attack to bring his own guns to bear, prevent the attacker form getting on his tail and to get above the attacker. As a consequence each combat soon degenerated into a rolling maul of aircraft climbing and turning in search of a killing shot. Flying with 32 Squadron was Second Lieutenant J. 0. Donaldson of the USAS on attachment to the RAF. Donaldson was flying as top cover as 'B5' in SESa E5939 when: " "observed 9 Fokker biplanes, at 13000ft over Peronne, at 1130hrs dive on 3 SE5a). Pilot coming to their assistance, fired 150 rounds into first EA [enemy aircraft) at close range, EA turned over on its back, and went down in a flat spin, and was observed to spin, out of control about 10000ft. Four Fokker biplanes dived on Pilot, who made a climbing turn, firing 50 rounds into second EA without results. Pilot did half roll and dived again, two EA continued to follow, pilot then made another climbing turn, firing 50 rounds into EA without result. Pilot turned and dived under some Bristol Fighters ". Combat report, Second Lieutenant J. 0. Donaldson, 10 August 1918

A passing patrol from the elite 56 Squadron joined in the melee to stack the odds against Jasta 1 5, however, the powerful DVlls were faster and more agile than their opponents and exacted a severe toll from the RAF as one DH9 and four fighters were shot down for the loss of only one German aircraft. Unfortunately for JG II the loss was Berthold who was seriously injured after having his aircraft shot out of control. With no one able to confirm Donaldson's victim's crashing he was only credited with a 'shot down out of control' rather than a kill. Donaldson's luck ran out three weeks later on 1 September at Cambrai where he became the 11th victim of Leutnant Theo Quandt of Jasta 36 and was taken prisoner.

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With their humanoid costumes and androgynous appearance, JILUKA look like aliens who have been beamed down to Earth and they play with a mechanical precision which suggests that they are not of this world.

Live report of JILUKA at The Dome in London