U.S. arms production
U.S. arms production during WW2 from 1939-1945. Following are tables of the annual U.S. arms production (excluding ammunition) and a comparison of the necessary strategic raw materials. U.S. arms production …
History
Military production of Japan
Military production and imports of Japan in World War II. The annual Japanese armaments and military equipment production (excluding ammunition) and a comparison of the necessary strategic raw materials. Since …
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). …
German Orders of Battle May 1942 and Operation Blue
German Orders of Battle of 11 May 1942 and the Planning of the Summer Offensive (Operation Blue). Here to the previous part: German Orders of Battle April 1942 and Soviet …
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Holocaust
Holocaust, the ‘Final Solution to the Jewish Question’. Wannsee Conference, Gas for Mass Murder, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and Hitler’s Role in the Holocaust. Here to the previous part: Final Solution …
Rommels attack on Tobruk
The Siege of Tobruk, from April to December 1941 (Part II). Rommel’s attack on the defensive perimeter, trench warfare and the circumstances get worse at Tobruk. Here to part I …
Nazi Germany attacks the Soviet Union
The German attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. 80 years ago: the beginning of the operation with the code-name ‘Barbarossa’. On June 22, 1941, the German Wehrmacht …
Hitler – Biography
A compressed Biography of the German Führer (Leader) of the Third Reich and Supreme Commander Armed Forces, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945). HITLER, Adolf (1889-1945) Compact biography and Course of Life of …
German Orders of Battle April 1942 and Soviet Counteroffensives
The Second and Third Soviet Counteroffensive in the Winter of 1941-42, and the Orders of Battle of the Wehrmacht of 22 April 1942. Here to the previous part: German Orders …
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17-Battle at the Vistula 1945
The last Russian Winter Offensive of the war started with the Battle of the Vistula. On January 12, 1945 the 1st Belorussian Front (Marshal Zhukov) and the 1st Ukrainian Front …
04-Operation Weser Crossing
Operation Weser Crossing (Unternehmen Weserübung), the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940. The six-month hiatus known as the ‘Phony War’ lasted from September 1939 until April 1940, …
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 …
Hitler – Character
The Five Faces of Adolf Hitler. An attempt to describe the character of the German leader or ‘Fuehrer’ of the Third Reich and supreme commander during WW2. Whoever deals with …
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 …
Military Expenditures, Strategic Raw Materials, Oil Production
Comparison of military expenditures, distribution of vital strategic raw materials, oil and fuel production in World War II. Warmaking potential, value of the arms’ production, Military Arms Production Index of …
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