Barrage balloons were first used in WWI, but they played a particularly key role in Britain's defenses during WWII. According ...
The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II. A sign outside ... protected by barrage balloons against low-flying ...
was part of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion ... laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Woodson, who became seriously injured when his boat hit a mine ...