Diary November 18, 1940
Diary for Monday, November 18, 1940: Balkans All invading Italian forces have now been driven back over river Kalamas.
Diary November 18, 1915
Diary for Thursday, November 18, 1915: Sea War Mediterranean and Adriatic: Full German Cattaro U-boat Flotilla formed. Pacific: Fuso, Japan’s first true dreadnought, completed. Three more by April 30, 1918.
Late Roman Army
Late Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine: Evolution of Imperial Defense. Late Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine The Late Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine was a formidable fighting
Diary November 17, 1940
Diary for Sunday, November 17, 1940: Air War Heavy night raids on Southampton by 150 aircraft. RAF’s Army Co-operation Command established. RAF Night raids on Gelsenkirchen (Ruhr) oil plant.
Diary November 17, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, November 17, 1915: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Italians attack and take Oslavia and Hill 188 (latter kept). Salonika: Sarrail sees Kitchener who tells him Joffre will not
Churchill tank
British Infantry Tank Mk IV (A22) Churchill History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model. Churchill Heavy Infantry Tank Mk IV (A22) Churchill tank Type: Heavy Infantry Tank
Diary November 16, 1940
Diary for Saturday, November 16, 1940: Sea War Three German cargo ships leave Tampico (Mexico), but fail to break through the British blockade: Phrygia scuttled; Idarwald and Rhein return to
Diary November 16, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, November 16, 1915: Home Fronts Austria: Prime MInister writes ‘The English war of starvation, … three bad harvests … has brought us into the most difficult situation’.
A Genius For War
Book Review ‘A Genius For War: The German Army and General Staff, 1807-1945’ by Trevor N. Dupuy. Just finished digging into this fascinating look at Prussian and German military thinking.
Diary November 15, 1940
Diary for Friday, November 15, 1940: Air War Heavy night raids on London (350 aircraft).
Diary November 15, 1915
Diary for Monday, November 15, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: Kitchener cables home evacuation might not be so costly. 52nd Division Helles bridgehead mining success near Krithia Vineyard. Persia: Central Powers’
Losses in World War One
Figures of losses to soldiers, civilians, ships, by the air war and war costs and damage in the First World War. The casualties of the Great War. Losses in World
Diary November 14, 1940
Diary for Thursday, November 14, 1940: Air War COVENTRY ‘BLITZ’ (Operation ‘Mondlicht Sonate’ = ‘Moonlight Sonata’): 440 aircraft (2 lost) led by He 111 ‘pathfinders’. City centre and Cathedral largely
Diary November 14, 1915
Diary for Sunday, November 14, 1915: Sea War Black Sea: Battlecruiser Goeben missed off Bosphorus by 2 Russian submarine torpedoes but taken off coal convoy route. Dardanelles: Cruiser Chatham brings
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Messerschmitt Bf 109 (or Me 109) – most-built German single-seat fighter plane of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Me 109 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Bf 109 B,C,D,E,F,G,H
Diary November 13, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, November 13, 1940: Air War RAF night raid on Berlin and Italian Taranto naval base.
Diary November 13, 1915
Diary for Saturday, November 13, 1915: Western Front German official communiques of November 13 and 14 state nothing to report. Flanders: In Belgium effective bombardments silence German artillery batteries. Southern
Military production of Axis Minors
Military production of the Axis Minors Italy, Hungary and Romania during the Second World War. By type of weapons and available annual raw material production 1939-1945. Annual production figures for
Diary November 12, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, November 12, 1940: Politics Molotov, Russian Foreign Minister, begins 3-day official visit to Berlin to discuss closer collaboration with Axis Powers. He is forced to take shelter
Diary November 12, 1915
Diary for Friday, November 12, 1915: African Fronts Cameroons: c. 250 British soldiers occupy Gorori, cross Mban and take Bumbo (November 24). East Africa: Whitehall recommends, ‘conquest of this German
