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"An unflinching record of Scotland's greatest human disaster in modern history"-the Luftwaffe air raids on the industrial town of Clydebank during WWII (The Herald).
Vibrating with endeavors for Britain's effort against the might of Nazi Germany, Clydebank was-in hindsight-an obvious target for the attentions of the Luftwaffe. When, on the evening of 13 March 1941, the authorities first detected that Clydebank was "on beam"-targeted by the primitive...
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The author of River of Fire examines the events surrounding the post-World War I sinking of HMY Iolaire and its aftermath.
On December 31, 1918, with hours from the first New Year of peace, hundreds of Royal Naval Reservists from the Isle of Lewis poured off successive trains onto the quayside at Kyle of Lochalsh. A chaotic Admiralty was unprepared for their safe journey home. Corners were cut, an elderly and recently requisitioned steam-yacht was...
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