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The (other) man who shot down the Red Baron

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By far the most famous ‘ace’ of the Great War was Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen, popularly known during the war in Germany as Der Rote Kampfflieger (The Red Battle Flyer). Above: Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.  By late winter of 1917 von Richthofen was already one of the leading German fighter pilots, having shot down no fewer than tw...


FILM REVIEW : All Quiet on the Western Front

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This article by Prof. Stephen Badsey first appeared in the December issue of Bulletin 123.  This is the first ever German film to be based on Erich Maria Remarque’s bestselling novel of 1928 Im Westen nichts Neues, better known as All Quiet on the Western Front through its Hollywood adaptation in 1930, directed by Lewis Milestone. (There was...