Diary April 10, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, April 10, 1940: Sea War FIRST BATTLE OF NARVIK. 5 British destroyers engage 10 German destroyers and shore batteries in Ofot Fjord, west of Narvik. Destroyers Hardy, […]
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Diary April 10, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, April 10, 1945: Western Front Americans capture Hanover. Okinawa After massive preparatory barrage, US 96th Division seizes part of Kakazu Ridge. Air War Britain: Last enemy sortie
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Performance on the Russian Front
The German military performance on the Russian Front during the Second World War. Part IV of the analysis of fighting power on the Eastern Front, during the Battle of Kursk
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Diary April 9, 1915
Diary for Friday, April 9, 1915: Eastern Front German CoS Falkenhayn decides to attack in the East; Kaiser sanctions on April 13. 8 divisions from Western Front ordered to move
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Diary April 9, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, April 9, 1940: Norway GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY (Weserübung Nord = Operation Weser Crossing North) with 6 regiments, 1 parachute battalion, 888 aircraft (345 bomber, dive-bomber and
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Diary April 9, 1945
Diary for Monday, April 9, 1945: Russian Front East Prussia: FALL OF KÖNIGSBERG after 59-day siege. Austria: Tolbukhin’s troops smash their way into center of Vienna. Western Front Americans occupy
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Chinese Nationalist Army
Chinese Nationalist Army 1937-1941. The seizure of Mukden on 19 September 1931 marked the beginning of overt Japanese aggression against China, and from 1937 there was open war. The disorganized
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Diary April 8, 1915
Diary for Thursday, April 8, 1915: Politics Italy: Government demands Trentino, Dalmatian islands, Gorizia and Gardisca with primacy in Albania as Austria’s price for her neutrality, presses for reply until
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Diary April 8, 1940
Diary for Monday, April 8, 1940: Sea War British destroyers lay mines in Norwegian territorial waters, southwest of Narvik (Operation Wilfred). HMS Glowworm becomes detached and encounters German naval force
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Diary April 8, 1945
Diary for Sunday, April 8, 1945: Western Front Americans enter Schweinfurt; French capture Pforzheim. Russian Front Colonel-General Schörner becomes the last Wehrmacht field marshal. Air War RAF Bomber Command sinks
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German BR 7 line in War Thunder
German BR 7.0 line in War Thunder with Jagdtiger and Horten. Description, tips and video of action with Jagdtiger and Horten Ho 219V3 and how to create a successful German
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Diary April 7, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, April 7, 1915: Western Front Flanders: 1st Canadian Division transferred to Second Army, takes over vulnerable North Ypres salient from French. Middle East Egypt: First units sail
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Diary April 7, 1940
Diary for Sunday, April 7, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: British Home Fleet leaves Scapa Flow for Norwegian Sea.
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Diary April 7, 1945
Diary for Saturday, April 7, 1945: Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF EAST CHINA SEA. Yamato (2,498 killed), cruiser Yahagi and 4 destroyers sunk by TF 58 (10 planes lost).
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StG-45 and successors
StG-45 or Sturmgewehr 45 (assault rifle) and its modern successors G3, CETME, HK33, G36. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Sturmgewehr 45 Sturmgewehr 45 (StG-45) Type: automatic rifle. Overview The
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Diary April 6, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, April 6, 1915: Eastern Front East Prussia: Russians advance in Niemen border area and progress near Suvalki on April 9. Carpathians: Marwitz’s Beskidenkorps counter-offensive with 2 divisions
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Diary April 6, 1940
Diary for Saturday, April 6, 1940: Air War RAF Bomber Command ends its leaflet (‘Operation Nickel’) raids on Germany: 65 Million leaflets and propaganda ‘newspapers’ dropped since September 3, 1939.
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Diary April 6, 1945
Diary for Friday, April 6, 1945: Sea War Pacific – Operation Kikusui (‘Floating Chrysanthemum’): first of 10 massed Kamikaze attacks on US invasion fleet off Okinawa (April 6-7 to June
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Did Hitler really invent sex dolls? What’s behind the myth?
Did Hitler really invent sex dolls? What’s behind the myth? Nowadays, everyone is aware that Hitler is responsible for a number of terrible events. But did you also know that
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Diary April 5, 1940
Diary for Thursday, April 5, 1940: Sea War First captured German merchant ship – the Uhenfels (renamed Empire Ability) – brought up river Thames. Politics Anglo-French note to Norway: warning
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