105 mm leFH 18
German light field howitzer 105 mm leFH 18. History, development, service, specifications, statistics and pictures of the ‘Leichte Feldhaubitze 18’. German light field howitzers in WW2 During World War II, […]
Diary April 13, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, April 13, 1915: Air War Western Front: German Army airship L235 damaged by AA fire while bombing Poperinghe and wrecked in forced landing near Ypres. Western Front
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Diary April 13, 1940
Diary for Saturday, April 13, 1940: Sea War SECOND BATTLE OF NARVIK. Battleship HMS Warspite and nine destroyers attack eight German destroyers – which are all sunk or disabled (and
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Diary April 13, 1945
Diary for Saturday, April 13, 1945: Russian Front Austria: VIENNA CAPTURED by Tolbukhin’s 3rd Ukrainian Front. Western Front Patton captures Jena. Air War Pacific: 327 B-29 Superfortress bombers destroy arms
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Jagdtiger
German Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer (SdKfz 186) from the Second World War: the ultimate tank destroyer. Jagdtiger heavy armoured tank destroyer (Sdkfz 186) The Jagdtiger was the largest and heaviest
Diary April 12, 1915
Diary for Monday, April 12, 1915: Middle East MesopotaÂmia – Battle of Shaiba (until April 14) southwest of Basra: 6,156 British soldiers (1,265 casualties) rout 12,000 Turks (3,177 casualties and
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Diary April 12, 1940
Diary for Friday, April 12, 1940: Air War 90 RAF bombers, despatched to Stavanger area to attack German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, fail to make contact. Politics Danish Government of
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Diary April 12, 1945
Diary for Thursday, April 12, 1945: Home Fronts USA – DEATH OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT at Warm Springs, Georgia; aged 63. Vice-President Truman takes the oath of office. Goebbels comments ‘This
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Polish campaign 1939
The campaign against Poland in September 1939 (Part I). Deployment, the German attack and the advance on Warsaw until 9 September. Polish campaign The Polish campaign of 1939, also known
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Diary April 11, 1915
Diary for Sunday, April 11, 1915: Air War Germany: Zeppelin VGO I (Staaken R I) giant trimotor bomber first flies. Western Front Somme: French engaged in heavy fighting near Albert.
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Diary April 11, 1940
Diary for Thursday, April 11, 1940: Sea War The British S class submarine Spearfish cripples pocket-battleship Lützow, south of Oslo (night April 10-11). Norway General Ruge appointed CinC Norwegian Army,
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Diary April 11, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, April 11, 1945: Russian Front Russians cross Danube Canal in Vienna. Western Front US 9th Army reaches river Elbe, near Magdeburg. Canadians cross river Ijssel. Italy Operation
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Vickers Gun in Action
The British Vickers machine-gun in action during the First World War. to Part I: history, development, service, specifications and pictures of the Vickers Gun. When the first Vickers machine-guns were
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Diary April 10, 1915
Diary for Saturday, April 10, 1915: Eastern Front Carpathians: Ivanov halts offensive in spring thaw but continues southwest of Rostoki Pass until April 16 where counter-attacks repulsed on April 18-19.
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Diary April 10, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, April 10, 1940: Sea War FIRST BATTLE OF NARVIK. 5 British destroyers engage 10 German destroyers and shore batteries in Ofot Fjord, west of Narvik. Destroyers Hardy,
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Diary April 10, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, April 10, 1945: Western Front Americans capture Hanover. Okinawa After massive preparatory barrage, US 96th Division seizes part of Kakazu Ridge. Air War Britain: Last enemy sortie
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Performance on the Russian Front
The German military performance on the Russian Front during the Second World War. Part IV of the analysis of fighting power on the Eastern Front, during the Battle of Kursk
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Diary April 9, 1915
Diary for Friday, April 9, 1915: Eastern Front German CoS Falkenhayn decides to attack in the East; Kaiser sanctions on April 13. 8 divisions from Western Front ordered to move
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Diary April 9, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, April 9, 1940: Norway GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY (Weserübung Nord = Operation Weser Crossing North) with 6 regiments, 1 parachute battalion, 888 aircraft (345 bomber, dive-bomber and
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Diary April 9, 1945
Diary for Monday, April 9, 1945: Russian Front East Prussia: FALL OF KÖNIGSBERG after 59-day siege. Austria: Tolbukhin’s troops smash their way into center of Vienna. Western Front Americans occupy
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