Airborne invasion of Crete
Operation Merkur (Mercury), the ‘Battle of Crete’. German Plan of Attack and assault troops, deployed forces, intelligence, the fighting and losses on Crete. The same time as on April 21, …
Battles
Second World War overview 1943-45
Second World War, overview of the course from 1943 to 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers by the Allies (Part III). Here to Part II: Second World War …
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain in 1940-1941. Operation Sea lion, strengths of the German Navy and Luftwaffe vs RAF, the air battle and the ‘Blitz’. The Battle of Britain Operation Sealion …
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, …
Siege of Tobruk ends
From August 1941 until the end of the Siege of Tobruk in December 1941 (Part III). Australians withdrawn and replaced by Polish troops and ending the siege. Here to Part …
Control of Europe 1942-45
The map of the control of territories in the European theater of war from 1942-45. Above is the strategic map of the European theater of war for the war game …
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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Hitler’s declaration of war to the USA
Part III of ‘Why did Hitler declare war on the US?’ Back to PART II: The ‘undeclared war’ of the USA against Germany The road to the ‘real’ World War. …
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 …
Operation Barbarossa
Could had Operation Barbarossa – Hitler’s attack on Soviet Russia – a different course and why was the invasion carried out in June 1941 ? A great number of people …
Siege of Tobruk
The siege of Tobruk from April to December 1941. Tobruk is a tiny but significant harbor on the coastline of Cyrenaica. Before WW2 its inhabitants figures about 4,000 citizens, residing …
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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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). …
