Diary December 22, 1940
Diary for Sunday, December 22, 1940: Air War Britain: First of two consecutive heavy night raids on Manchester.
Tiger II
German heavy battle tank Tiger II (King Tiger), Panzerkampfwagen (PzKpfw) VI Ausf B (SdKfz 182). Firepower, Protection, Mobility (Part III). Here to Part II of Tiger II: Production, service, specifications,
Diary December 21, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, December 21, 1915: Western Front Sir W Robertson succeeds Sir A Murray as CIGS (Chief of British Imperial Generals Staff); like Haig, Robertson believes in attrition tactics
Diary December 21, 1940
Diary for Saturday, December 21, 1940: Sea War Pacific: German disguised raiders Komet and Orion land 496 survivors (including 70 women and 7 children) from 10 British and Allied merchant
The Germanic Tribes and Their Struggle Against the Roman Empire
The relationship between the Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire shaped four centuries of European history. Warfare, migration, and political shifts drove the story from the second century BCE to
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Diary December 20, 1915
Diary for Monday, December 20, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: ANZAC AND SUVLA BRIDGEHEADS EVACUATED by 0510 hours (20,652 men and 38 guns since December 19). Monro urges Helles evacuation on
Diary December 20, 1940
Diary for Friday, December 20, 1940: Air War Britain: First of two consecutive heavy night raids on Liverpool. Home Fronts Britain: Committee of Enquiry into Arandora Star disaster from July
Battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
Battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst in World War II and in the F2P game World of Warships. History, construction, service, specifications and pictures. When the pocket-battleships were built for the German
Diary December 19, 1915
Diary for Sunday, December 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: 48 Anglo-German air encounters. Western Front Flanders: Germans introduce phosgene gas (10 times toxicity of chlorine) against British at Pilkem-Wieltje
Diary December 19, 1940
Diary for Thursday, December 19, 1940: Neutrals Finland: President Kallio dies of heart failure on the day of his retirement; aged 67.
US Navy in late 1941
Strength, Ships and Organization as the United States enters the Second World War in December 1941. US Navy in the Atlantic and the Pacific. US Navy in WW2 The United
Diary December 18, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, December 18, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: 10,969 evacuees have now arrived from Gibraltar. Germany: HITLER ORDERS PREPARATIONS FOR INVASION OF RUSSIA (Operation Barbarossa) with deadline of May
Diary December 18, 1915
Diary for Saturday, December 18, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Sir J French’s farewell to BEF, leaves France on December 21. Joffre laments his departure. HAIG ASSUMES COMMAND OF BEF at
Stauffenberg Assassination Attempt on 20 July 1944
Stauffenberg Assassination Attempt on Hitler and Attempted Coup on 20 July 1944: A Turning Point in WWII. Stauffenberg Assassination Attempt on Hitler and Attempted Coup on 20 July 1944 On
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Diary December 17, 1915
Diary for Friday, December 17, 1915: Western Front Artillery activity all along the front. Artois: German grenade attack about the quarries north of Loos. Middle East Britain: Mark Sykes argues
Diary December 17, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, December 17, 1940: North Africa British capture Sollum and Fort Capuzzo. 20,000 captured Italians to be sent to India and interned at Ahmednagar, Ramgarh and Deolali. Sea
Battleship Iowa
US battleship class Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. US battleships of the Iowa class Iowa battleship class (four ships: Iowa,
Diary December 16, 1915
Diary for Thursday, December 16, 1915: Western Front French War Minister Gallieni brings Verdun defences’ defects to Joffre‘s attention. Flanders: British trench raid near Armentieres. Sea War U-boat U24 (Schneider)
Diary December 16, 1940
Diary for Monday, December 16, 1940: Air War First area bombing raid on German city: 134 RAF aircraft sent to Mannheim (night December 16-17). Large fires started on both banks
Type VII U-boat
U-Boat Type 7 class (VII), most numerous German submarines of World War II with 705 boats. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. German Submarines of the Second
