The capitulation of Germany in May 1945: the final collapse of Hitler’s Third Reich. May 7, 1945 marked one of the most significant moments in modern history—the day Nazi Germany […]
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Diary for Monday, May 3, 1915: Politics ITALY DENOUNCES TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Western Front Artois: French preliminary bombardment begins. Germans expect offensive for next day. Eastern Front Galicia: 12-mile gap in
Diary for Friday, May 3, 1940: Norway Surrender of Norwegian forces in Trondheim area. Western Front Hitler postpones Gelb offensive from May 5 to May 6 (further postponements on May
Diary for Thursday, May 3, 1945: Burma INDIAN TROOPS OCCUPY RANGOON without resistance. Western Front British capture Hamburg. 59 merchant ships and 600 small craft scuttled. Patton takes Braunau (Hitler‘s
Deployment of Anglo-American forces by theaters in summer 1942. Deployment of the armed forces of the Anglo-Americans (Britain with Commonwealth and United States) by theatres of war (Europe, Middle East,
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Diary for Sunday, May 2, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Ypres: Gas attacks near St Julien-Fortuin. These and similar ones on next day are repulsed. Eastern Front Galicia: After 4-hours
Diary for Thursday, May 2, 1940: Norway Evacuation of Namsos: British and French troops leave ruined town night May 2-3. Ju 87 Stukas attack May 3, sinking French destroyers Afridi
Diary for Wednesday, May 2, 1945: Russian Front STALIN ANNOUNCES FALL OF BERLIN in Order of the Day No. 359: ‘Troops of the 1st Belorussian Front, commanded by Marshal Zhukov
German Orders of Battle from 3 September 1941 and the Eastern Front after the successful start of Operation Barbarossa from the end of August 1941 until the failure of the
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Diary for Wednesday, May 1, 1940: Norway British troops evacuated from Alesund. Germans counter-attack near Narvik (and on May 2); attack repulsed. German forces link up between Oslo and Bergen.
Diary for Saturday, May 1, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia – AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE: BATTLE OF GORLICE-TARNOW (until May 5) starts with 610 gun bombardment including gas shells. Baltic Provinces: Lauenstein occupies
Diary for Tuesday, May 1, 1945: Russian Front Battle of Berlin: Goebbels and wife Madga poison their 6 children before committing suicide. Russians capture Charlottenburg and Schoeneburg districts. Home Fronts
German military passport from the Kaiser’s period. Entries from 17 October 1898 to 25 September 1917 during World War One. Complete German Military Passport from the Kaiser’s period of the
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Diary for Friday, April 30, 1915: Middle East Enver Pasha orders Liman to ‘drive the invaders into the sea’; 2 divisions from Asia Minor transferred to Gallipoli. Allied losses now
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Diary for Tuesday, April 30, 1940: Norway British commence evacuation of Andalsnes, Molde and Alesund (completed night May 1-2). German columns from Oslo and Trondheim link up in central Norway.
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Diary for Monday, April 30, 1945: Western Front Munich captured by US 7th Army. Russian Front Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide in Führerbunker beneath Reichs Chancellery, Berlin, at 3.30
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US submachine guns Thompson M1A1, M1, M1928. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Thompson M1A1, M1, M1928 Thompson M1A1, M1, M1928. Type: Sub-machine gun The Thompson submachine
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Diary for Thursday, April 29, 1915: Air War Britain: First raid by German Army Zeppelin: LZ38 (Linnarz) drops IB’s at Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (opportunity targets); some damage
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Diary for Monday, April 29, 1940: Air War Empire Air Training Scheme: training of pilots and air crews begins at schools in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Norway British troops
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Diary for Sunday, April 29, 1945: Italy SURRENDER OF 1 MILLION GERMAN TROOPS IN NORTHERN ITALY AND AUSTRIA, signed in secret at Caserta, near Naples (effective May 2). Western Front
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