Battle of the Somme
The battle of the machine-guns on the Somme from July 1 to November 18, 1916. The battlefield and forces, the machine-gun decides a battle, fire and movement and losses. Not […]
Diary April 10, 1916
Diary for Monday, April 10, 1916: Air War Ypres: German anti-aircraft fire downs Royal Flying Corps Morane Parasol from 8,000 ft. Western Front Champagne: German Alpenkorps (from ex-Macedonian Front) receives
Diary April 10, 1941
Diary for Thursday, April 10, 1941: Balkans Germans capture Zagreb and Monastir. Pavelich and Kvaternik, leaders of Croat freedom organization, the Ustachi, proclaim the separation kingdom of Yugoslavia. Occupied countries
P-38 Lightning
US long-range fighter and fighter-bomber Lockheed P-38 Lightning. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Lockheed P-38 Lightning Lockheed P-38 Lightning Type: US long-range fighter, fighter-bomber, photographic reconnaissance
Diary April 9, 1916
Diary for Sunday, April 9, 1916: Western Front Verdun – Germans launch major costly and mainly repulsed assault: Mort Homme forward trench line entered. Petain issues famous Order of the
Diary April 9, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, April 9, 1941: Air War Europe: RAF night raid on Berlin; State Opera House gutted by fire. (Hitler furious ! ) Balkans Germans enter Salonika. Politics Yugoslav
Cruiser Zara class
Italian heavy cruisers Fiume, Gorizia and Pola of Zara class. History, development, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Italian heavy cruisers Zara class Zara class (Zara, Fiume, Gorizia, Pola) Type:
Diary April 8, 1916
Diary for Saturday, April 8, 1916: Home Fronts France: 400 St Chamond tanks ordered by War Ministry. During April Colonel Estienne in command of first assault artillery unit (Schneider tanks)
Diary April 8, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, April 8, 1941: East Africa British and Free French troops capture port of Massawa. Air War Britain: Second ‘Blitz’ on Coventry. 230 aircraft drop 330 t. of
116th Panzer Division ‘Greyhounds’
History of the 116th Panzer Division: formation and operations in 1944-45 of the ‘Greyhound’ Division. The 116th Panzer Division, as well as the Panzer Lehr Division, proved, when new formations
Diary April 7, 1916
Diary for Friday, April 7, 1916: Eastern Front Reception at German GHQ (Kovno) to mark Hindenburg’s 50 years military service. Tsar inspects Ninth Army at Kamenets-Podolsk, meeting Brusilov there (until
Diary April 7, 1941
Diary for Monday, April 7, 1941: Balkans Germans capture Skopje, southern Yugoslavia. North Africa Rommel captures Derna and two important British Generals (Neame and O’Connor). Home Fronts Britain: Government Budget
Italian submarines 600 class
Italian Sirena, Perla, Adua and Acciaio submarine class. History, development, service, specifications and picture. Italian Submarines in WW2 During World War II, the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) operated one
Diary April 6, 1916
Diary for Thursday, April 6, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia – First Battle of Sannaiyat (until April 8): 7th Indian Division charges into a ‘torrent of death’ three times, gains only
Diary April 6, 1941
Diary for Sunday, April 6, 1941: Balkans GERMAN INVASION OF YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE: Germans employ 15 divisions (with 5 Panzer divisions) and 800 aircraft. Yugoslav Government flees from Belgrade to
Armored cruiser Scharnhorst
German Armored Cruisers Scharnhorst class from World War One, and the battle of Coronel in 1914. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3d model. The armored cruiser SMS Scharnhorst was
Diary April 5, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, April 5, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans take Haucourt, but are repulsed at Bethincourt. Meuse: German floating mines detonated in river at St Mihiel. Middle East Mesopotamia
Diary April 5, 1941
Diary for Saturday, April 5, 1941: North Africa Rommel captures Barce, east of Benghazi. East Africa South African and Commonwealth troops capture Addis Ababa, capital of Italian East Africa. Politics
Soviet Weapon and Equipment Losses During WWII
A Comprehensive Analysis of Soviet Weapon and Equipment Losses During WWII The Soviet Union lost enormous amounts of military equipment during World War II. Material losses reached staggering numbers across
Diary April 4, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, April 4, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German attack on French centre fails; French advance in Caillette Wood. Somme: Micheler put in command of French Tenth Army. Argonne,
