Coastal Command is a 1942 British film made by the Crown Film Unit for the Ministry of Information. The film, distributed by RKO, dramatised the work of...
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RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal...
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German Imperial Naval High Command (Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine), 1889-1899 German naval command High Command of Coastal Defence (Küstenverteidigung)...
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"Grey Wolf" with a full broadside. A Catalina deployed by British RAF Coastal Command arrives and Greyhound fires to mark the location of the second U-boat...
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requested they solve the problem. It was a proven method used by RAF Coastal Command aircraft for some time. The wooden "coat hanger" bomb sight intended...
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Landfall: A Channel Story, written by Nevil Shute. Rick, a British Coastal Command pilot in World War II based near Portsmouth, sinks what he believes...
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Submarine Command is a 1951 American war film directed by John Farrow and starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, and Darryl...
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Columbia Ranch Burbank California Ancient Rome set at Cinecittà Studios. "Coastal Command " a production set on a soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath...
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Force (SSRF), a unit formed around a small group of commandos under the command of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The commandos were formed in...
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American medical disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene...
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Shakespeare) Noël Coward – In Which We Serve Ralph Vaughan Williams – Coastal Command (film) The Pilgrim’s Progress (music for radio production) William Walton...
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theater command. Neither the Central nor the Western Theater Command have an assigned PLAN service headquarters due to their smaller coastal profiles...
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(titled onscreen as Dune: Part One) is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed and co-produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay...
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stayed in European coastal waters. During the destroyer's depth charge attack more than eighty depth charges are detonated in the film, despite the fact...
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Lampedusa (category Coastal towns in Sicily)
a Maltese merchant, on the condition that the latter would build two coastal watchtowers at Cala della Galere and Cala della Madonna. Gatt settled the...
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Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations...
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and in 1936 it was restructured into Bomber Command, Coastal Command, Training Command and Fighter Command. The last was under Hugh Dowding, who opposed...
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S2CID 162187889. Stitt, Robert M. (2010). Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service. Mushroom Model Publications. ISBN 978-8-38945-088-3. "Atlantic...
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princess and presenting her to their Khan while the Koreans head towards a coastal fortress the princess tells them about, where they expect to find safe...
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point, Bomber Command no longer existed. RAF Fighter Command and Bomber Command merged in 1968 to form Strike Command. RAF Coastal Command followed in November...
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Command of the sea (also called control of the sea or sea control) is a naval military concept regarding the strength of a particular navy to a specific...
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Gat Ciriaco Contreras (Meycauayan) – Defended the Barrio of Langka and commanded the katipuneros of year 1898 against the Spaniards, one of the foundations...
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ground. According to one report, 59 buildings were damaged in a nearby coastal town. Attempted first Aphrodite attack Twelve August with robot taking...
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Split (redirect from Split (film))
dictionary. Split(s) or The Split may refer to: Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay Split...
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The Equalizer 3 (category Template film date with 2 release dates)
as good as the first film – it neatly counterbalances Fuqua's baroque, blood-and-guts action with Washington's ability to command attention while sitting...
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Sterling Hayden (category American male film actors)
Edward Small. The Last Command (1955) was the story of the Alamo for Republic, with Hayden as Jim Bowie. The Come On (1956) was a film noir with Anne Baxter...
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USS Nautilus (SSN-571) (category Naval History and Heritage Command)
The Sea. In May, she departed for the Pacific Coast to participate in coastal exercises and the fleet exercise, operation "Home Run," which acquainted...
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Devil's Slide (California) (category Coastal erosion in the United States)
and command post. The southernmost bunker site was sold to a private owner in 1983, but some of the exposed structure remains. Salinian Block Coastal erosion...
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Coastal Forces was a division of the Royal Navy initially established during World War I, and then again in World War II under the command of Rear-Admiral...
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Bristol Beaufighter (section Coastal Command)
strike/ground attack aircraft, RAF Coastal Command having operated the largest number of Beaufighters amongst all other commands at one point. The Royal Australian...
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