Tag: First World War
The First Dogfighters – How History’s Earliest Combat Pilots Improvised Aerial Warfare
“Many of the principles of air to air combat still in use today were improvised on the fly (literally) by pilots who were making it up as they went along.” THE WORLD’S MILITARIES were among…
‘The Wipers Times’ — The Satirical Trench Newspaper That Lampooned the Absurdity of War
“Ironic humour was a by-product of the disillusionment, cynicism and a mistrust of authority developed by soldiers during the war. These feelings went on to influence much of pop culture in the decades that followed .”…
