Belgian Army 1914-18
Uniforms, strength, organization of the Army of Belgium from 1914 to 1918 in World War One. The Belgian Army in World War I from 1914 to 1918 The Belgian army […]
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Diary May 18, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, May 18, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: Hamilton gets pessimistic Kitchener telegram, interprets as instruction not to encourage evacuation. Eastern Front Galicia: Austrians re-occupy Galician oilfields northeast of
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Diary May 18, 1940
Diary for Saturday, May 18, 1940: Western Front Guderian‘s tanks reach Peronne, on river Somme. Hoth’s tanks reach Cambrai (scene of first British tank attack in 1917). Germans capture Antwerp.
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Diary May 18, 1945
Diary for Friday, May 18, 1945: Okinawa Sugar Loaf Hill captured by US Marines. Home Fronts Britain: Avro Lancaster ‘Aries’ flies over North Magnetic Pole for first time in history
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German military cemetery Maleme on Crete
Maleme, 11 miles (ca. 18 km) west of Chania, the second-largest German military cemetery in Greece. Simple grave complex at the place where in May 1941 after the German airborne
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Diary May 17, 1915
Diary for Monday, May 17, 1915: Western Front Ypern – Festubert: 450 Germans surrender during BEF shelling after which ‘Quadrilateral’ strong point captured, but rain and mist hamper exploitation. German
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Diary May 17, 1940
Diary for Friday, May 17, 1940: Western Front Germans enter Brussels. Colonel de Gaulle‘s 4th Armored Division counter-attacks Guderian‘s XIX Panzer Corps at Montcornet, but is repulsed. General von Kleist
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Diary May 17, 1945
Diary for Thursday, May 17, 1945: Okinawa Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., commanding general of US 10th Army, takes personal command of operations. Marines reach crest of Sugar Loaf Hill,
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Crusader
British Cruiser Tank Mk VI (A15) Crusader of World War II. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Crusader I-III, Cruiser Tank Mk VI (A15) Crusader (A15) Type:
Diary May 16, 1915
Diary for Sunday, May 16, 1915: Eastern Front Battle of the San (until May 23): Austro-Germans cross river by 15 bridges, take Sieniawa on May 18. Western Front Ypern –
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Diary May 16, 1940
Diary for Thursday, May 16, 1940: Western Front By nightfall Guderian‘s leading tanks are 60 miles (ca. 97 km) west of Sedan. Anglo-French-Belgian armies commence withdrawal from Dyle Line to
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Diary May 16, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, May 16, 1945: Occupied countries Channel Islands: British forces liberate Alderney. Okinawa US 6th Marine Division suffers heavy casualties.
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Ar 234 Blitz
World’s first jet bomber Arado Ar 234 Blitz. History in WW2, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D-model. Arado Ar 234 Blitz, world’s first jet bomber Arado Ar 234 Blitz.
Diary May 15, 1915
Diary for Saturday, May 15, 1915: Western Front Ypres – Battle of Festubert (until May 25) begins at 2330 hours: first British major night attack with 3 divisors takes 3
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Diary May 15, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, May 15, 1940: Western Front Hoth’s tanks defeat French 1st Armored Division west of Dinant; latter loses 125 of its 175 tanks. By nightfall, shattered French 9th
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Diary May 15, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, May 15, 1945: Sea War Japanese cruiser Haguro trapped and torpedoed by 5 British destroyers in Malacca Strait (night May 15-16). Occupied countries Yugoslavia: Surrender of last
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3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Campiagns of the 3rd SS tank division Totenkopf (Part II: from 1943 to 1945). Back to Part I: SS-Totenkopf-Division 1939-42. Russia 1943 Kursk tank battle and the Donez Basin The
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Diary May 14, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, May 14, 1940: Air War DESTRUCTION OF ROTTERDAM. In attempt to crush stubborn Dutch resistance – and bring tentative ceasefire negotiations to a speedy conclusion – 100
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Diary May 14, 1915
Diary for Friday, May 14, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: German Guard Corps capture Jaroslav (93 miles (ca. 150 km) from Gorlice). English novelist Hugh Walpole becomes Russian officer in Otriad
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Diary May 14, 1945
Diary for Monday, May 14, 1945: Air War Pacific – DAYLIGHT FIRE RAID ON NAGOYA: In order to further undermine Japanese moral and industrial output, following severe psychological blow of
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