Lavochkin La-5, La-7
Soviet fighter aircraft Lavochkin La-5 and La-7 from World War II. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Soviet fighters Lavochkin La-5 and La-7 Lavochkin La-5, La-5FN, La-7 and […]
Diary May 26, 1916
Diary for Friday, May 26, 1916: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Archduke Eugene shifts main thrust east onto Asiago Plateau so as to reach Brenta valley towards Bassano and Venetian plains.
Diary May 26, 1941
Diary for Monday, May 26, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Swordfish torpedo-bombers score two hits on battleship Bismarck, disabling her steering-gear; the battleship’s AA gunners are confused by the slow-flying biplanes.
MP44, StuG44, StG-44, MP43
German assault rifle Sturmgewehr 44 (StuG44, StG-44, MP43 or MP44) History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model. Sturmgewehr 44 MP43, MP44, StuG44, StG-44, Sturmgewehr 44 or ‘vollautomatischer
Diary May 25, 1916
Diary for Thursday, May 25, 1916: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Austrian III Corps occupies Corno di Campo Verde (6,815 ft) and captures Portule line east of Val d’Assa. Western Front
Diary May 25, 1941
Diary for Sunday, May 25, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Lagos and Takoradi harbours mined by U-boat U-69 (nights May 25-26 and 26-27). Politics Admiral Raeder, C-in-C German Navy, warns that
Clint Eastwood Iwo Jima films: Flags of Our Fathers vs Letters from Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood Iwo Jima films: Flags of Our Fathers vs Letters from Iwo Jima – My Take on These Twin Masterpieces. ‚Flags of Our Fathers‘ and ‚Letters from Iwo Jima‘
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Diary May 24, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 24, 1916: Western Front Verdun – Fighting on whole front: Germans regain Fort Douaumont and Caillette woods with 100 PoWs. Mangin temporarily disgraced. French recapture part
Diary May 24, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 24, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: HMS Hood sunk by battleship Bismarck in Denmark Strait, East of Greenland – only three survivors out of 1,419. Prince of
The Unholy Alliance: Greek Security Battalions, German Occupation Forces, and the British
The Unholy Alliance: How the Security Battalions, German Occupiers, and British Forces Fought Greek Communism. Between 1943 and 1944, an extraordinary coalition emerged in occupied Greece: Nazi Germany, Greek fascist
Diary May 23, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 23, 1916: Western Front Artois, Vimy: BEF IV Corps counter-attack with 2 brigades ruined by German counter-barrage; British losses 2,500 to 1,344 German. Verdun: German counter-attack
Diary May 23, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 23, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Destroyers Kashmir and Kelly (Lord Louis Mountbatten) sunk by Ju 87 Stukas off Crete. Me 109E fighter-bombers destroy 5 British MTBs
Macchi C.202 Folgore
Italian Macchi C.202 Folgore fighter plane of World War II. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Macchi C.200 Saetta and C.202 Folgore The Macchi C.200 Saetta and C.202
Diary May 22, 1916
Diary for Monday, May 22, 1916: Air War Verdun: French Nieuport 11s of Esc N65 destroy 6 kite-balloons using very short-range firework-type rocket projectiles devised by French Navy Lieutenant Le
Diary May 22, 1941
Diary for Thursday, May 22, 1941: Air War Airborne invasion of Crete: Ju 52s land reinforcements at Maleme. Air War: Kesselring, Commander of Luftflotte 2, moves into his new HQ
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). The Second Worl War from 1943 to
Diary May 21, 1916
Diary for Sunday, May 21, 1916: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Cadorna forms reserve Fifth Army (whose 5 Corps and 2 cavalry divisions concentrate in Vicenza-Padua-Citadella triangle by June 5); puts
Diary May 21, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, May 21, 1941: Air War Airborne invasion of Crete: German airborne troops storm ‘Hill 107’, overlooking Maleme airfield (Crete). 80 Junkers Ju 52 crash-land on shell-swept airfield,
Brusilov Offensive
The Russian Brusilov Offensive in summer 1916: History, preparation and conduct of the most successful Russian offensive in World War One, which probably averted an Allied defeat. The Russian Brusilov
Diary May 20, 1916
Diary for Saturday, May 20, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Gallwitz’s 5 German divisions assault Mort Homme, seize the top summit of Hill 295. Eastern Front Russia: Italy appeals to STAVKA
