The first 155-mm (6.1-in) self-propelled gun produced in quantity by the Americans during World War II was the M12, a design originally known as...
At the outbreak of war, Éire was still a member of the then British Commonwealth but chose to remain neutral, the only such member state to do so....
Kurt Adolf Wilhelm Meyer was born at Jerxheim on 23 December 1910, the son of a factory worker. On completing his education he became a policeman;...
Theodor ‘Teddi’ Wisch was born at Wesselburener Koog in Holstein on 13 December 1907. He joined the SS in 1930, and after serving for some time as...
Born in Gandersheim on 8 March 1897, Herbert Otto Gille entered the Imperial Army as a cadet. He served in Baden Feldartillerie Regiment Nr 30...
On Sunday 7th December 1941, Over 350 Aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy, launched from 6 Aircraft Carriers about 200 miles North of the...
The IJNAF used 2 principal Land Based bomber aircraft. The Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96 - Allied Reporting Name - Nell) and the Mitsubishi G4M (Type 1...
Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin both regarded Berlin as a highly valuable prize that would give whichever nation captured it great prestige...
Negroes, the term used to describe African Americans for most of the 19th and 20th centuries, were the largest racial minority in the United...
A M25 Tank Transporter had been designed as a transporter/recovery unit for the 12th Armoured Division. Here the 134th Ordnance, tows a M4 Sherman...
The first British troops depart their barracks for embarkation to France. First Battalion Irish Guards, August, 1914. [IMG]
During the battle of Berlin, Hitler Jugend and Volksturm (Cant remember if this is the right name for them) were basically scattered around the...
I havent read too much about the intial battle over Poland. But I can remember that when Germany invade them they had cavalry that was horse...
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I was wondering because on a trip to England I went though the tunnels in the white cliffs of Dover. Although it was a reinactment it did seem...
This World War II battle was unique in many ways. The U.S. victory meant that Japan experienced its first setback in the Pacific islands. Also for...
Background: This is the final chapter of Eugen Hadamovsky's World History on the March, a book published shortly before the outbreak of the War....
The OKW had never seriously considered an invasion of Britain in 1939. On July 16, 1940 Hitler issued Directive No 16 stating that an invasion was...
"It had been a soldier's battle. A fight to the death. In places, entire sections lay still at their posts." The Flames of Calais. Airey...