Diary February 26, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, February 26, 1941: Air War 60 German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas (7 lost) with fighter escort, raid airfields on Malta, destroying or damaging 13 Wellington bombers …
Diary for Wednesday, February 26, 1941: Air War 60 German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas (7 lost) with fighter escort, raid airfields on Malta, destroying or damaging 13 Wellington bombers …
Diary for Saturday, February 26, 1916: Western Front Verdun: GQG admits loss of Ft Douaumont. Recapture attempt fails. Petain orders ‘… retake immediately any piece of land taken by the …
Second World War, overview of the course of the ‘Blitzkriege’ (lightning wars) from 1939 to 1940 (Part I). Polish campaign, Stalin’s territorial claims, Western campaign and Battle of Britain. Lightning …
Diary for Friday, February 25, 1916: Home Fronts French Army orders 400 Schneider tanks by November 25, 1916. Western Front Verdun: Castelnau arrives at 0700 hours. Germans take Louvemont, but …
Diary for Tuesday, February 25, 1941: Sea War Italian fast cruiser Armando Diaz sunk by British sub Upright in Mediterranean. Escort destroyer Exmoor sunk by German E-boat off Lowestoft. East …
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 …
Diary for Thursday, February 24, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French artillery counter-bombard. Germans take Samogneux (fighting all day), Hill 344, Beaumont Fosses wood and Chaume with 10,000 PoWs (now total …
Diary for Monday, February 24, 1941: North Africa First skirmish between British and Afrika Korps patrols on coast road west of El Agheila. Vichy France Admiral Darlan forms Cabinet. Air …
Lend-Lease tanks and aircraft for the Red Army 1941 to 1945. Figures of supplied armored vehicle and aircraft types from the United States and Britain to Soviet Union during the …
Diary for Wednesday, February 23, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French abandon Brabant-sur-Meuse; counterattack without success south of Caures wood and at Wavrille. By end of day Germans also occupy Herbebuis …
Diary for Sunday, February 23, 1941: Home Fronts Italy: Mussolini speaks at Fascist rally in Adriano Theatre, Rome: ‘We shall fight to the last drop of our blood.’ He attempts …
Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer Division Hohenstaufen (Part II). From Arnhem, in the Ardennes and to Hungary to the end of the war. To Part I: 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. Arnhem …
Diary for Tuesday, February 22, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Despite French counter-attacks (2,350 casualties), Germans develop gains of February 21 to win Brabant-sur-Meuse woods, all Caures wood (Colonel Driant killed, …
Diary for Saturday, February 22, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: German battle cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst scatter convoy east of Newfoundland and sink 5 ships. Air War Ju 87 Stukas cripple …
Pilot Training of the German Air Force in the Secomd World War (Part I). Pilot Training of the Luftwaffe before 1942. Pilot Training of the Luftwaffe before 1942 The period …