Diary September 1, 1916
Diary for Friday, September 1, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: 4 German counter-attacks fail at High Wood (and on September 3, 8 and 15) but they recapture East
Diary September 1, 1941
Diary for Monday, September 1, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa: Leningrad comes under long-range artillery fire.
The Economics of POW Camp Gambling: Cigarettes, Currency and Chance
Inside WWII prisoner of war camps, cigarettes became something far more sophisticated than currency alone. They became the backbone of an entire informal gambling economy, one detailed in surprising depth
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KV-1 to IS-1
From the Soviet heavy tank KV-1 to the Iosef Stalin tank. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. here to Part I: KV heavy tank. KV-1S, KV-13, KV-85
Diary August 31, 1916
Diary for Thursday, August 31, 1916: Sea War Allied shipping losses 205,000t (British 23 ships worth 43,354t with 8 lives lost). Total including 77 ships (129,368t) to U-boats in Mediterranean.
Diary August 31, 1941
Diary for Sunday, August 31, 1941: Middle East Iran: British and Russian forces meet at Kazvin. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in August 1941: 36 Allied ships with 103,452 tons
Luger Pistol 08
Luger Parabellum Model 1908, the most widely used pistol in the German army from World War 1 to 1942. History, development, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3d model. Luger P08 Parabellum
Diary August 30, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, August 30, 1916: Air War Western Front: No 24 Squadron encounters first time 3 Albatros DI Destroyer-Scouts (Jasta 1). Macedonia: Allied air raid on Buk bridges northeast
Diary August 30, 1941
Diary for Saturday, August 30, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Russians launch unsuccessful counter-offensive against Guderian‘s Panzers north of Kiev (ends September 2). Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Serbian puppet government formed,
Sinn Fein – David and Goliath
Resources of David and Goliath for the Easter Rising in Ireland 1916. Part II of Easter Rising. Here to Part I ! David vs Goliath Resources of David vs Goliath
Diary August 29, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, August 29, 1916: Western Front Germany: FALKENHAYN (German CoS) DISMISSED BY KAISER, REPLACED BY FM HINDENBURG WITH GENERAL LUDENDORFF (1st QMG) AS HIS ASSISTANT. Battle of the
Diary August 29, 1941
Diary for Friday, August 29, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Finns recapture Viipuri (lost in Winter War 1939-40). Middle East Iran: Cease fire with Allies.
German Orders of Battle September 1944
German Orders of Battle on 16 September 1944 at the time of the allied airborne operation ‘Market-Garden’ around Arnhem. The deployment and distribution of the divisions of the Wehrmacht and
Diary August 28, 1916
Diary for Monday, August 28, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Army Group Crown Prince Rupprecht created for duration. General Gallwitz in command of German Second Army records that
Diary August 28, 1941
Diary for Thursday, August 28, 1941: Home Fronts Australia: Prime Minister Menzies resigns; Fadden takes over.
Australian Army
The Australian army in North Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Organization, strength, divisions and uniforms in the Mediterranean theater 1941 and 1942 and in the Pacific
Diary August 27, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, August 27, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa: Retreating Russian forces sabotage great Zaporozhe Dam (Dnepropetrovsk Dam) over river Dnieper. Germans capture Tallinn, capital of Estonia. Besieged Russian
Diary August 27, 1916
Diary for Sunday, August 27, 1916: Eastern Front RUMANIA INVADES HUNGARIAN TRANSYLVANIA (Austria-Hungary) via eight major passes, a month earlier than Falkenhayn expected; Kaiser’s reaction ‘The war is lost’. Brusilov
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
Diary August 26, 1916
Diary for Saturday, August 26, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Rhodesians and Baluchis occupy Morogoro on Central Railway (Smuts enters August 27), 115 miles east of Dar-es-Salaam; 28,000 British oxen
