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Glossary Item: Depth Charge
Name Depth Charge
Description An anti-submarine warfare weapon intended to destroy a submarine by being dropped into the water nearby and detonating, subjecting the target to a destructive hydraulic shock. Most depth charges use a fuze set to detonate the charge, typically at a specific depth.
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Name His Majesty's Minesweepers
Category Sea Defence
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Admiralty
Published May/1943
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Name His Majesty's Submarines
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Admiralty
Published Jul/1945
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Name Over to You, New Broadcasts by the R.A.F.
Category Air Reference
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For none
Published Dec/1943
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Name The Army At War. The Northern Garrisons. (By Eric Linklater)
Category Action on Land
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For War Office
Published Aug/1941
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Name The Battle of the Atlantic, The Official Account of the Fight Against The U-Boats, 1939 - 1945
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Central Office Of Information
Issued For none
Published Oct/1946
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Name The Mediterranean Fleet, Greece to Tripoli. The Admiralty Account of Naval Operations: April 1941 to January 1943
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Admiralty
Published Sep/1944
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Name There's Freedom in the Air. The Official Story of the Allied forces from the Occupied Countries
Category Action in the Air
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For none
Published Mar/1944
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