Diary April 22, 1916
Diary for Saturday, April 22, 1916: Western Front Verdun, East bank: Mangin’s French 5th Division reaches Ft Douaumont, but MGs drive it off. Somme: BEF XV Corps (Horne) formed, takes …
Diary April 22, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, April 22, 1941: Balkans LAST GREEK ARMY IN THRACE CAPITULATES. British forces begin to fall back. Politics Soviet protest to Germany over violations of Russian airspace by …
Battleship Tirpitz
Battleship Tirpitz. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model of the German capital ship of WW2, the ‘Queen of the North’. Battleship Tirpitz of Bismarck class. Type: Battleship. History: …
Diary April 21, 1916
Diary for Friday, April 21, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Lettow decides to concentrate 20 companies (2 mounted) against South African advance, leaving Kraut to face Smuts and Wahle against …
Diary April 21, 1941
Diary for Monday, April 21, 1941: Air War Balkans: German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas sink old Greek battleship Kilkis, 10 other warships and 43 merchant ships in Greek coastal …
SdKfz 124 Wespe
German self-propelled gun SdKfz 124 leFH18 on Panzer II ‘Wespe’ (‘Wasp’). History, development, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Wespe (SdKfz 124, leFH18 on Panzer II) Type: Self-propelled light field …
Diary April 20, 1916
Diary for Thursday, April 20, 1916: Air War Western Front: American volunteer fighter unit N124 Escadrille Americaine formally incorporated in French Aeronautique Militaire. Based at Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute Saone) 16 of …
Diary April 20, 1941
Diary for Sunday, April 20, 1916: Balkans GREEK ARMY IN ALBANIA SURRENDERS to SS Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Home Fronts India: Nearly 400 casualties in rioting between Sikhs and Moslems …
Battle Results
Results and statistics about 15 battles of World War One. Beginning with the Battles of the Frontiers from August 14-23, 1914 and ending with the Meuse-Argonnes campaign from September 26-November …
Diary April 19, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, April 19, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: 3 Belgian battalions (Olsen’s Southern Brigade) invade near Shangugu, Belgian Northern Brigade (Molitor) invades Ruanda on April 25. Belgians have …
Diary April 19, 1941
Diary for Saturday, April 19, 1941: Air War Britain: Massive night raids on London. 712 sorties; 1,180 t. bombs; 2 aircraft lost. Total casualties (April 16-17 and 19-20): 2,300 killed, …
Waffen-SS Crimes
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part II). Crimes of the Waffen-SS: Einsatzgruppen (special task forces), concentration camp guards and war crimes. Here to Part I: Waffen-SS Myths. Myths of the Waffen-SS …
Diary April 18, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, April 18, 1916: Middle East Armenia: Lyakhov occupies Trebizond (Turks evacuated night April 15-16) and engages Turk rearguard 15 miles south next day. Sea War Black Sea: …
Diary April 18, 1941
Diary for Friday, April 18, 1941: Air War Germany: First flight of Me 262 fighter, powered by Junkers piston engine (the specified pair of jet engines cannot be installed until …
M3 Grease Gun
US sub-machine gun M3 Grease Gun designed for mass production in WW2. History, development, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. US M3 Grease Gun Type: Sub-machine gun. History: The American …