Diary June 11, 1915
Diary for Friday, June 11, 1915: Air War North Sea – First-ever use of reconnaissance seaplanes with battle fleet at sea: Sopwith Baby seaplanes from HMS Campania observe movements of […]
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Diary June 11, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, June 11, 1940: France German vanguards approach Pontoise, thereby threatening Paris from the northwest. Sea War Mediterranean: British Mediterranean Fleet and French cruiser squadron sweep Eastern Mediterranean
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Diary June 11, 1945
Diary for Monday, June 11, 1945: Okinawa Japanese pocket in Oroku sector now only 914 meters square.
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Waffen-SS Crimes
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part II). Crimes of the Waffen-SS: Einsatzgruppen (special task forces), concentration camp guards and war crimes. Here to Part I: Waffen-SS Myths. Myths of the Waffen-SS
Diary June 10, 1915
Diary for Thursday, June 10, 1915: Sea War Adriatic: Austrian U11 alias German coastal submarine UB15 (Heimburg) surprises and sinks Italian submarine Medusa. Middle East Armenia: Turks win Second Battle
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Diary June 10, 1940
Diary for Monday, June 10, 1940: Politics ITALY DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Hostilities to begin at midnight. CANADA DECLARES WAR ON ITALY. French Government leaves Paris for Tours,
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Diary June 10, 1945
Diary for Sunday, June 10, 1945: Okinawa US 24th Corps launches all-out attack on Yaeju-Dake Line, in extreme south. US Marines compress Japanese pocket in Oroku sector. Sea War Pacific
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Waffen-SS divisions 13-19
13 Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar, 14 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Ukrainian), 15 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Latvian), 16 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS, 17 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen, 18 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Horst Wessel, 19
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Diary June 9, 1940
Diary for Sunday, June 9, 1940: France German Army Group A (45 divisions) attacks on the river Aisne. 5th Panzer Division captures Rouen. Norway GERMAN-NORWEGIAN ARMISTICE. General Dietl receives surrender
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Diary June 9, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, June 9, 1915: Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: German attacks repulsed in Shavli district (more attacks on June 12). General Plehve arrives at Riga to lead new Fifth
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Diary June 9, 1945
Diary for Saturday, June 9, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Montgomery takes salute at last parade of Guards Armored Division. Politics Anglo-British-Yugoslav Agreement on future status of Trieste. Home Fronts Britain
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Sopwith Camel
Sopwith Camel – famous British fighter plane of World War One. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3d model. Sopwith Camel The Sopwith F I Camel, the First World War’s
Diary June 8, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, June 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: HMS Humber first RN monitor to arrive, these shallow-draught heavy-gunned vessels reduce need for more vulnerable battleships. Western Front Artois: Further
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Diary June 8, 1940
Diary for Saturday, June 8, 1940: Sea War Carrier Glorious and escorting destroyers Acasta and Ardent sunk in desperate battle with Gneisenau and Scharnhorst south-west of Narvik. Acasta scores damaging
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Diary June 8, 1945
Diary for Friday, June 8, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Japanese cruiser Ashigara sunk by British submarine Trenchant off Sumatra.
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12-HIWI’s
WW2 pictures from Russian PoW volunteers (HIWI) and official trips. Pictures from a soldier of the Wehrmacht about Russian prisoners of war (PoW’s), which served for the 214th Infantry Division
Diary June 7, 1915
Diary for Monday, June 7, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Lechitski evacuates Kalusz and Nadworna in east and all of Bukovina on June 12. Austrians retake Stanislau next day and Kolomea
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Diary June 7, 1940
Diary for Friday, June 7, 1940: France Rommel advances 30 miles (ca. 48 km) to Forges-Ies-Eaux, north of Rouen. Air War French Naval Air Force attempts token bombing raid on
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Diary June 7, 1945
Diary for Thursday, June 7, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: King and Queen visit Channel Islands. First performance of Britten’s opera ‘Peter Grimes‘ at Sadler’s Wells Theater, London. Norway King Haakon
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05-Shipping to Norway
Loading ships for the transportation to Norway. These pictures have been photographed during loading for shipment to Norway at the Port of Aalborg (Denmark). Supply or repair units, such as
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