German heavy assault gun and tank destroyer Ferdinand (Elefant) with 8.8cm PaK43/2 (SdKfz 184). History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Ferdinand (Elefant) Ferdinand or Elefant (Elephant) SdKfz […]
Diary for Wednesday, March 8, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans repulsed at Fort Vaux. Crazy French regiments bayonet charge restores west bank line by retaking Bois des Corbeaux after 2
Diary for Saturday, March 8, 1941: Air War Britain: Night raids on London; Cafe de Paris hit (34 killed, 60 injured).
Biography of Benito Mussolini: Rise, Fascism, and Legacy. Benito Mussolini was Europe’s first fascist dictator in the 20th century. He was born on July 29, 1883, in the Italian province
Diary for Tuesday, March 7, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans take Fresnes southeast of city; French success south of Forges, but 67th Division on west bank has lost 3,000 PoWs.
Diary for Friday, March 7, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: U-boat ‘ace’ Cdr. Gunther Prien, the ‘Bull of Scapa Flow‘, dies; his U-47 is sunk by HMS Wolverine while attacking Convoy
British light machine gun BREN Mk I-IV from World War II. History, development, specifications, statistics, in action, pictures and 3D model. Bren light machine gun Bren Type: light machine gun.
Diary for Monday, March 6, 1916: Western Front Verdun: After hurricane barrage German 4th Division attack on west bank of Meuse, on 4-mile front captures Regneville and Hill 265 northwest
Diary for Thursday, March 6, 1941: Balkans Greeks launch successful counter-attacks in central sector of Albanian front, capturing several vital mountain crags and taking 1,000 Italian prisoners. RAF and Greek
Fighting power of the Wehrmacht, Part II. Training of soldiers, casualties, awards and death sentences of German and US Army during the Second World War. back to Fighting power Wehrmacht
Diary for Sunday, March 5, 1916: African Fronts East Africa – Smuts’ Kilimanjaro Offensive begins: Stewart’s 1st Division (4,000 men) advances from Longido. Smuts has total 18,400 men (+ 9,000
Diary for Wednesday, March 5, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Operation Lustre: 58,000 British troops convoyed from Alexandria (Egypt) to Greece (March 5 – April 2). Italian submarines carry out
Strength and aircraft of the Luftflotten at the beginning of the Battle for Stalingrad. Orders of Battle for the German Air fleets, Geschwader, Groups, aircraft types and number of planes.
Diary for Saturday, March 4, 1916: Sea War Germany: Tirpitz and Admiral Holtzendorff fail to get Kaiser’s Crown Council to back unrestricted U-boat warfare, postponed till April 1. East Atlantic:
Diary for Tuesday, March 4, 1941: Occupied countries Norway: British-Norwegian raid on Lofoten Islands (Operation Claymore). British commandos and Norwegian marines destroy 6 fish-oil plants (connected with explosives production), capture
The Tiger Battalions of the German Army in the Second World War 1943 to 1945. Since the first Tiger tanks appeared on the battlefields of the Second World War, they
Diary for Friday, March 3, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French success at Douaumont (and on March 7). Middle East Armenia: General Abatsiev’s 10,000 men capture Bitlis after surprise night bayonet
Diary for Monday, March 3, 1941: Air War Italians bomb earthquake-stricken town of Larissa. RAF Hurricanes destroy 5 Cant bombers (probably returning from Larissa) over Corfu. Politics Russia denounces Bulgarian
Penetrability of tank ammunition in the Second World War (Part II): Problems of calculated values for armor-piercing shells compared to the test results. Here to Part I: Firepower of tanks
Diary for Thursday, March 2, 1916: Western Front Flanders: British 17th Division retake positions lost on February 14 north of Ypres-Comines Canal. BEF Fourth Army relieve French Tenth Army (15-mile
