Diary December 12, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 12, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army battles its way through the Hürtgen Forest to within 2 km of Düren. Air War Germany: Lancaster […]
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Italian submarines 600 class
Italian Sirena, Perla, Adua and Acciaio submarine class. History, development, service, specifications and picture. Italian Submarines in WW2 During World War II, the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) operated one
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Diary December 11, 1914
War Diary World War One for Friday, December 11, 1914: Air War Western Front: RFC and RNAS adopt roundel national marking following example set by French Aviation Militaire. This supersedes
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Diary December 11, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 11, 1944: Western Front US 7th Army enters Haguenau (Alsace). Air War Europe: 2,000 bombers of 8th and 15th USAAFs attack rail targets in
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Diary December 11, 1939
War Diary World War One for Monday, December 11, 1939: Politics League of Nations urges Russia to cease hostilities in Finland within 24 hours and accept mediation (Russian rejection on
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Horten Ho IX
German jet bomber Horten Ho IX (Gotha Go 229). History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model. Gotha Go 229 Gotha Go 229, Horten Ho IX. Type: German
Diary December 10, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 10, 1944: Air War Germany: Americans bomb rail targets at Coblenz and Bingen. Politics Franco-Soviet 20-year Treaty of Alliance signed in Moscow. Occupied countries
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Diary December 10, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 10, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: First Canadian troop convoy sails from Halifax, with 5 liners under heavy escort (arrives Britain, December 23). Baltic: Russian
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Diary December 10, 1914
War Diary World War One for Thursday, December 10, 1914: Air War Eastern Front: World’s first heavy bomber unit formed at Yablonna, near Warsaw (Russian Poland). The EVK (‘Flying Ship
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Fighting Power of the Wehrmacht
Fighting power of the German Wehrmacht (Part I) in the West (1944-45), on the Russian front, in the Polish campaign 1939, impact of tactics and weapons and the main causes
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Diary December 9, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 9, 1939: Western Front Corporal Thomas Priday of King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, killed leading a patrol, is first British soldier to be killed in
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Diary December 9, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 9, 1944: Air War Germany: Stuttgart raided by the 8th USAAF. Western Front 3rd US Army repels German counter-attack at Saarlautern.
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Diary December 9, 1914
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, December 9, 1914: Sea War Britain: Commissioning of first purpose-built (from keel up) seaplane carrier HMS Ark Royal II (launched September 5). First
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U.S. Army World War One
The U.S.Army in World War One 1917-18. Uniforms and small arms, artillery, air force, built-up, strength and casualties of the US Army from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918.
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Diary December 8, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 8, 1944: Western Front Americans occupy undefeated Fort Driant after its surrender after the fall of Metz. Air War Germany: RAF daylight raids on
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Diary December 8, 1914
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, December 8, 1914: Sea War Atlantic – Battle of the Falkland Islands: Sturdee with battlecruisers Invincible (hit 22 times, no casualties) and Inflexible
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Diary December 8, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 8, 1939: Air War Polish exile-squadrons to be attached to the RAF. Polish Forces in Exile
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Marder tank destroyer
Self-propelled anti-tank gun Marder II and III (SdKfz 131, SdKfz 132, SdKfz 139, SdKfz 138 Ausf H and Ausf M): Evolution of German Tank Destroyers. Marder II & III World
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Diary December 7, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 7, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army penetrates Siegfried Line northwest of Saarlautern. Sea War Pacific: Americans land at Ormoc on west coast of
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Diary December 7, 1914
War Diary World War One for Monday, December 7, 1914: Eastern Front East Prussia: Russian attacks. Poland – Second Battle of Warsaw (until December 30): German offensive. Galicia: Russians bombard
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