Diary December 17, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 17, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE SCUTTLED in River Plate Estuary; her wreck burns for a week. Later the British bought the […]
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9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen
Creation and Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. Designations, commanders, formation in 1943, first action Russia in spring 1944 and in Normandy from June. The history of the 9th SS-Panzer-Division
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Diary December 16, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 16, 1944: Western Front BATTLE OF THE BULGE: Rundstedt and Model, under Hitler‘s direct command, launch surprise counter-offensive into the Ardennes on weakest sector
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Diary December 16, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 16, 1939: Finland Winter War – First Battle of Summa: waves of Russian infantry and tanks, with air support, attempt to overrun the Summa
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Diary December 16, 1914
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, December 16, 1914: Sea War North Sea: 100 mines laid off by cruiser Kolberg near Scarborough. 20 of them swept on December 19,
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MP40, MP38
German submachine guns MP40, MP38 – the German Army’s trademark. History, development, service, specifications, pictures, video and 3D model. MP38 and MP40 MP40, MP38 Type: German submachine guns. The MP38
Diary December 15, 1914
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, December 15, 1914: Southern Fronts Serbia: Serb patrols reoccupy Belgrade at 1000 hours and gunners hit Austrian pontoon bridge. END OF THIRD AUSTRIAN
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Diary December 15, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 15, 1939: Finland Winter War – Battle of Suomussalmi: Finns destroy 163rd (Tula) Division and 44th motorized Division in the ‘Waist’. Russian losses: 6,000-plus
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Diary December 15, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 15, 1944: Air War Europe: Lancaster bombers escorted by Spitfires drop 12,000-lb. bombs on E-boat pens at Ijmuiden (Holland). Western Front 7th US Army
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Battle of the Bulge 1944
Battle of the Bulge 1944: Hitler’s last trump card. German Ardennes offensive 1944 In December 1944, the Ardennes region of Belgium became the stage for one of World War II’s
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Diary December 14, 1914
War Diary World War One for Monday, December 14, 1914: Middle East Armenia: Enver Pasha arrives at Köprüköy, takes Third Army from Hasan Izzet. Tsar decorates 1,200 men from Front.
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Diary December 14, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 14, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TF 38 raids airfields on Luzon, destroying 170 Japanese aircraft for the loss of 65 US planes. Western Front
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Diary December 14, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 14, 1939: Finland Winter War: Russians launch new drive on Petsamo front (Arctic). Politics LEAGUE OF NATIONS EXPELS SOVIET UNION (RUSSIA). Sea War Atlantic:
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He 162 Salamander
Jet fighter and interceptor Heinkel He 162 Salamander or ‘People’s fighter’. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Heinkel He 162 Heinkel He 162 Salamander (Volksjäger). Type: German
Diary December 13, 1914
War Diary World War One for Sunday, December 13, 1914: Sea War Dardanelles – First battleship sunk by submarine: old Turk battleship Messudieh sunk at anchor in shoal water north
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Diary December 13, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 13, 1939: Sea War Atlantic – BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE: British cruisers Exeter and Ajax and NZ cruiser Achilles intercept pocket-battleship Admiral Graf
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Diary December 13, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 13, 1944: Air War Pacific: B-29 Superfortress seriously damage Mitsubishi works at Nagoya. Germany: RAF bombers attacking Essen and dropping 2,354 t of bombs.
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Waffen-SS Myths
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part I). Disproportionately high losses, poorer leadership and better and more equipment and weapons in the Waffen-SS. Myths of the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS, the military branch
Diary December 12, 1914
War Diary World War One for Saturday, December 12, 1914: Eastern Front Carpathians: Austrians retake Dukla Pass and Nowy Sacz. Southern Fronts Serbia: Austrian Sixth Army recrosses Sava at Sabac
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Diary December 12, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 12, 1939: Finland Winter War – Battle of Tolvaajarvi: Finns destroy two divisions north of Lake Ladoga, killing 4,000 Russians, capturing 30 guns, 60
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