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Atlantic Crossing is a historical drama in the form of a television miniseries set in Norway and the United States during World War II.The series is wide-ranging but pays special attention to interactions between Crown Princess Martha of Norway and President Franklin Roosevelt during the period when Martha was a war refugee in the United States after fleeing the 1940 Nazi Invasion of Norway.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator and military officer. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was designed and built to compete for the ...
Statue of Alcock and Brown at London Heathrow Airport (now located at Brooklands Museum) John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. [1] They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy [2] bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. [3]
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Transatlantic crossing. Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas. The majority of passenger traffic is across the North Atlantic between Western Europe and North America. Centuries after the dwindling of sporadic Viking trade with Markland, a regular and ...
c. 500 killed. 17 submarines lost [ 10 ] The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [ 11 ][ 12 ] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration ...
Last flight. May 6, 1937. Fate. Destroyed in fire and crash. LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of her class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [ 3 ] She was designed and built by the Zeppelin ...
Transatlantic (TV series) Transatlantic is a historical drama miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseille, Spain, and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France.