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Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours has launched its 2024 signature Tour to the Western Front, 9-day tour departing Paris and the only tour led by Mat in 2024.
Historian, author and founder of Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours, Mat McLachlan, has confirmed he will be leading a 9-day WW1 tour of the Western Front.
On this day in 1931 Sir John Monash, soldier, engineer and administrator, died. Monash was considered one of the First World War’s outstanding commanders. Loved and admired by many, more than 250,000 mourners attended his state funeral in Melbourne.
The Many Final Flights Of Germany’s Fearsome WWI Fighter Pilot ‘Red Baron’
The Many Final Flights Of Germany’s Fearsome WWI Fighter Pilot ‘Red Baron’
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German fighter pilot Baron von Richthofen the “Red Baron” was trying to save his cousin during a dogfight with Allied pilots when he crashed and died on April 21, 1918, just months before the First World War ended. The exact circumstances of his death are still debated, more than 100 years later.
In about two years, the 25-year-old had notched 80 air combat victories, making him a feared and celebrated hero, even among his enemies. He led a fighter wing that came to be known as “The Flying Circus.”