There is a not widely known twist in the story of the Second World War. When the Mediterranean became blocked off by Germany and Italy, Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill chose a route from Takoradi in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, to Cairo, Egypt, to deliver fighter aircraft to the Middle East. The planes were delivered to Takoradi from the UK in large crates, unpacked and reassembled to be flight-ready.
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