Lend-Lease tanks and aircrafts
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 …
History
Arctic convoy PQ-17
Artic convoys to Russia in 1941 and 1942. First convoys, the destruction of PQ-17 and losses of PQ-18, new tactics with JW-51 and the interruption between spring and winter 1943. …
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Kursk in July 1943, the greatest tank battle in military history. The strategic decisions, preparations, the German offensive on July 5 and Hitlers break-off on July 13. Battle …
Eastern Front 1941 and German Orders of Battle from September
German Orders of Battle from 3 September 1941 and the Eastern Front after the successful start of Operation Barbarossa from the end of August 1941 until the failure of the …
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British arms production
British and Commonwealth arms production in WW2 from 1939-1945. Following are tables of the British and Commonwealth armaments and military equipment production (excluding ammunition) and a comparison of the necessary …
Final Solution of the Jewish Question
The ‘Final Solution of the Jewish Question’ with the Beginning of the Russian Campaign. An attempt at the chronological sequence of measures and decision-making for the Holocaust in the decisive …
End of Polish campaign
The Polish campaign from the Battle of Bzura, the invasion of the Red Army to the surrender of Warsaw and the last Polish troops on 6 October 1939 (Part II). …
Why did Hitler declare war on the US?
Hitler’s declaration of war to the United States appears to be difficult to understand, superfluous, and sealed the fate of the Third Reich. On 12 December 1941, Adolf Hitler declared …
Undeclared War
Part II of ‘Why did Hitler declare war on the US?’ Back to PART I: Why did Hitler declare war on the US? The ‘undeclared war’ of the USA against …
German Orders of Battle and the second summer offensive in Russia
German Orders of Battle before the summer offensive in Russia (Operation Blue) of June 24, 1942. Here to the previous part: German Orders of Battle May 1942 and Operation Blue. …
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Russian arms production
Russian (Soviet) armaments production in the Second World War. Following are tables of the annual Russian (Soviet) armaments production (excluding ammunition) and a comparison of the necessary strategic raw materials. …
Balkans Campaign
History and causes of the Balkan campaign 1940-1941. Mussolini’s Greek adventure on 28 October 1940 to the German attack of 6 April 1941. End of October 1940, Hitler ended his …
Eastern Front 1944
The Eastern Front from winter 1943-44 until late summer 1944. Ending the siege of Leningrad and Operation Bagration, the destruction of the German Army Group Center. During the winter of …
Operation Torch
Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa. On November 8, 1942, a force of over 70,000 Allied troops invaded Vichy-French North-West Africa. Operation Torch On the morning of November …
German Orders of Battle January 1942 and the Soviet winter offensive
The Soviet winter offensive 1941/42 from December 5-6, 1941 and German Orders of Battle from 2 January 1942. The first major offensive of the Red Army, the counterattack in front …
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