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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Mitsubishi Zero, Zero Fighter

... ...Slugging match...Mitsubishi Zero Foretaste of the end Changing the guard The new fighter Crucible Juggernaut Time of the Zero Slugging match Final act Historical & technical overview of Japanese Zero WWII fighter, circa 1969 Zero Fighter Book Mitsubishi Zero ...
Historical & technical overview of Japanese Zero WWII fighter, circa 1969
non-fictionHistorical & technical overview of Japanese Zero WWII fighter, circa 1969foretaste of the end, changing the guard, the new fighter, crucible, juggernaut, time of the zero, slugging match, final act
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard - Sepia, The "Fighting Fifth" after the Battle of St Eloi, c1916

... Two German companies were wiped out and large sections of the German trenches were destroyed, but the British 9th Brigade’s attack faltered and became a bloody close-quarters slugging match, with the last bomb crater captured only on April 3.” ...Two German companies were wiped out and large sections of the German trenches were destroyed, but the British 9th Brigade’s attack faltered and became a bloody close-quarters slugging match, with the last bomb crater captured only on April 3.” ...

Holmes Family WW1 memorabilia. 06 Apr 1916 - The Battle of St Eloi Craters, Canadian Expeditionary Forces Major Operation. “… the British had been patiently tunnelling since August (1915) at nearby St Eloi, about three miles south of Ypres, and adjacent to the Canadian trenches. Throughout the winter, the tunnelling crept ever closer to a dominant German-held feature dubbed “The Mound.” When the tunnels were completed in early March, tons of explosives were emplaced in six locations and on March 27, 1916, at 4:14 a.m. the charges were set off. Two German companies were wiped out and large sections of the German trenches were destroyed, but the British 9th Brigade’s attack faltered and became a bloody close-quarters slugging match, with the last bomb crater captured only on April 3.” (Zuehlke, Mark. Daniel, C. Stuart. The Canadian Military Atlas. The Nation’s Battlefields from the French and Indian Wars to Kosovo. Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited. Toronto. 2001 p. 125)A number of World War One soldiers, members of the Northumberland Fusiliers celebrate after the battle of St Eloi. Some or wear tin helmuts.The "Fighting Fifth" (Northumberland Fusiliers) after the battle of St Eloi"chatham-holmes family collection, fighting fifth, northumberland fusiliers, tunneling, explosion, crater, world war one, postcard