• Edwin Hardy Amies – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  At the out break of World War II, with his language experience Amies was called to serve in the Special Operations Executive. Amies suspected that SOE’s commander Major General Colin Gubbins did not regard a dressmaker as suitable military material, but his training report stated:[1]
  “ This officer is far tougher both physically and mentally than his rather precious appearance would suggest. He possesses a keen brain and an abundance of shrewd sense. His only handicap is his precious appearance and manner, and these are tending to decrease. ”

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• “Tweedland” The Gentlemen’s club: The fabulous interiors of The Hindenburg …

  In 1936, the Zeppelin Company, with the financial aid of Nazi Germany, built the Hindenburg (the LZ 129), the largest airship ever made.
  Named after the late German president, Paul von Hindenburg, the Hindenburg stretched 804-feet-long and was 135-feet-tall at its widest point.
  That made the Hindenburg just 78-feet shorter than the Titanic and four times larger than the Good Year blimps.
  The Hindenburg was a rigid airship definitely in the Zeppelin design. It had a gas capacity of 7,062,100 cubic feet and was powered by four 1,100-horsepower diesel engines.

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