Tag: Red Army

The Delicious Ironies of Karma as WWII RAF base is turned into an Illegal Migrant Centre

Scampton RAF is an iconic World War II RAF base situated in Lincolnshire in the east of England. From the historic RAF base and airfield flew ‘Britain’s finest’. Flying from this notorious base flew pilots and bomber crews who incinerated National Socialist Germany and millions of civilians. The ultimate irony is that from Scampton flew the so-called legendary 617 Squadron the Dambusters.

The largest city in the world located above the Arctic Circle

Murmansk was completely destroyed during World War II. In terms of the number of German bombs dropped per square meter, it is second only to Stalingrad. Located on the coast of the cold Barents Sea, Murmansk serves today as the main northern gateway of Russia. One of the country’s largest ports, through which it conducts regular trade with the rest of the world, is located here.