V-2 in action
V-2, the German ‘Retaliation Weapon 2’. Organization, deployment, launch and effect of the ballistic missile A-4 (V-2) in the years 1944 to 1945. Here to Part I: Development of V-2. […]
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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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03-Preparations 1940
Preparations for the operations in Norway 1940. Here are some photographs which were pictured in Germany in 1940 and are showing the preparations for the operation in Norway. Please click
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Tracked demolition charge (Goliath etc.)
German tracked demolition charge layers. History, development, service, specifications, statistics and pictures of Goliath, B IV and Springer. Goliath, B IV, Springer Tracked demolition charge Goliath, Radio controlled tank B
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Ju 52/3m
German transport plane Junkers Ju 52/3m ‘Auntie Junkers’ of World War II. History, development, service and dive-bombing tactics, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Junkers Ju 52/3m Type: Passenger and freight
StG-45 and successors
StG-45 or Sturmgewehr 45 (assault rifle) and its modern successors G3, CETME, HK33, G36. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Sturmgewehr 45 Sturmgewehr 45 (StG-45) Type: automatic rifle. The StG
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German Orders of Battle for the campaign in the West, May 1940
German Orders of Battle for the campaign in the West, 10 May 1940. Deployment, army groups, armies, corps, divisions, organization and equipment, tanks. By May 1940, the number of divisions
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Gewehr (rifle) 43
German self-loading rifle Gewehr 43 and predecessor G-41 of the Second World War. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. German self-loading rifles in the Second World War Self-loading rifle 43
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Pilot Training mid- and late-war
Decline of the pilot training of the German air force Luftwaffe in mid- and late-war from 1942 to 1945 (Part II). Decline of the Luftwaffe Pilot Training The Battle of
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20 mm Flak 38
German light anti-aircraft guns 20 mm one barrel and Flakvierling. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. 20 mm Flak 38, Flakvierling Type: light anti-aircraft gun History: By
Luftwaffe in the second half of war
German Air Force of World War II. Part II: The German Air Force in the second half of the war. here to Part I Luftwaffe Jeschonnek’s successor, General Günther Korten,
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Waffen-SS
The Waffen-SS – origin, formation, war crimes, combat performance and strength of Hitler’s elite fighters of the Third Reich 1933 to 1945. History of the Waffen-SS. Creation of the Waffen-SS
German Volkssturm Weapons
The arming of the German Volkssturm (People’s Storm, the equivalent of the British Home Guard) in the last war phase. Volkssturm rifle VG-1, VG-2, Volkssturm carbine VG-45, MP 3008. The
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Hitler’s declaration of war to the USA
Part III of ‘Why did Hitler declare war on the US?’ Back to PART II: The ‘undeclared war’ of the USA against Germany The road to the ‘real’ World War
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Ju 87G Tank Buster
German anti-tank and ground attack aircraft Junkers Ju 87G. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, and 3D model. Junkers Ju 87G Type: anti-tank and ground-attack aircraft. History: The last combat
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