Diary August 8, 1915
Diary for Sunday, August 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: Turk battleship Heirredin Barbarossa sunk by British submarine E11 (Nasmith) south of Bulair, which also sinks 2 transports and 2 ammo […]
Diary August 8, 1940
Diary for Thursday, August 8, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 30): Large formations of Ju 87 Stukas, with heavy fighter escort, make three separate attacks on 18-ship convoy
Diary August 8, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, August 8, 1945: Politics RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN (as from August 9). Home Fronts Yugoslavia: King Peter gives wide-ranging powers to Tito.
Spitfire Mk V
British fighter plane Supermarine Spitfire V of mid-World War II. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Supermarine Spitfire Mk V Supermarine Spitfire Mk V Type: British fighter plane.
Diary August 7, 1915
Diary for Saturday, August 7, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli – Suvla bridgehead: 20,000 British soldiers (10th Division joins 11th Division) ashore at wrong places in burning heat, short of water,
Diary August 7, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, August 7, 1940: East Africa Last reinforcements (2nd Battalion Black Watch) reach British Somaliland.
Diary August 7, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, August 7, 1945: Home Fronts Japan: First flight of Nakajima Kikka (‘Orange Blossom’), jet-propelled attack bomber (copy of Me 262).
Browning 0.5in heavy machine guns
Browning 0.5inch (12.7 mm) heavy machine guns. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3d-model. here to the predecessor Browning M1917 and M1919. Browning .50 Caliber Heavy Machine Guns M1921 and
Diary August 6, 1915
Diary for Friday, August 6, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: BRITISH SUVLA BAY LANDINGS BEGIN at 2130 hours with 11th Division after 1420 hours Helles attack until next day and Anzac’s
Diary August 6, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, August 6, 1940: Sea War Mediterranean: Italians lay extensive minefields in Sicilian Channel in which two British destroyers are sunk: Hostile (August 23, 1940) and Gallant (January
Diary August 6, 1945
Diary for Monday, August 6, 1945: Air War Pacific – DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA: B-29 Superfortress ‘Enola Gay‘ of 393rd Bomber Squadron, 509th Composite Group, 20th Air Force, commanded by Colonel
Armoured Cruiser Blücher
German Armored Cruiser Blücher from World War One, which sunk in the battle of the Dogger Bank 1915. History, development, service, specifications and pictures German Armoured Cruiser Blücher from World
Diary August 5, 1915
Diary for Thursday, August 5, 1915: Eastern Front GERMANS ENTER WARSAW. German Tenth Army attacks Kovno (until August 17), but repulsed on August 8 and 9. Austrian Fourth Army wins
Diary August 5, 1940
Diary for Monday, August 5, 1940: Neutrals USA: Roosevelt proposes legislation to combat ‘fifth column’ activities, following exhaustive inquiries by J. Edgar Hoover and FBI.
Diary August 5, 1945
Diary for Sunday, August 5, 1945: Air War Pacific: 325 planes of US 5th and 7th AFs, based on Okinawa, raid Tarumizu, South Japan. Occupied countries Austria: Death of Emil
Italian forces after September 1943
The Italian armed forces after September 1943 until 1945: Mussolini’s ‘Italian Socialist Republic’ in the north and the ‘Co-Belligerent’ troops of the Kingdom of Italy fighting on the Allied side
Diary August 4, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, August 4, 1915: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrians destroy Lizzan fortress near Rovereto. Italians occupy Col di Lana (Cordevole, Venetian Alps). Greece: Joffre agrees to send French mission
Diary August 4, 1940
Diary for Sunday, August 4, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: Force H leaves Gibraltar for home waters to counter German invasion threat.
Diary August 4, 1945
Diary for Saturday, August 4, 1945: Home Fronts Britain – Government appointments: Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan; Minister of Fuel and Power, Emmanuel Shinwell.
Red Air Force and Navy 1941-1942
Soviet Red Air Force and Red Navy in the first years of the war 1941 to 1942. Organization, aircraft and warships. Soviet Air Force 1942 The enforced lull in air
