Diary August 1, 1915
Diary for Sunday, August 1, 1915: Air War Western Front – ‘FOKKER SCOURGE’ BEGINS: Immelmann scores first Fokker EI victory, over Douai, with his first MG burst in anger, wounds […]
Diary August 1, 1940
Diary for Thursday, August 1, 1940: Sea War Hitler sets provisional date for Operation Sea lion to September 15. Italian destroyer Vivaldi rams British submarine Oswald and captures the crew.
Diary August 1, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, August 1, 1945: Air War Pacific: B-29 Superfortress bombers drop record total of 6,632 t. bombs on cities of Hachioji, Nagaoka, Mito and Thyama (latter target obliterated).
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I – 2
British fighter plane Supermarine Spitfire Mk I – 2 from the Battle of Britain. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D-model . Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire Mk I –
Diary July 31, 1915
Diary for Saturday, July 31, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: 200 Australians storm Turk trenches opposite Tasmania Post (until August 1). So far 600 soldiers of 1st Australian Division evacuated with
Diary July 31, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, July 31, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain: In attacks on convoys during July, 18 small steamers and 4 destroyers are sunk. Aircraft losses in July: German,
Diary July 31, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, July 31, 1945: Sea War Cruiser Takao sunk by British frogmen with limpet mines at Singapore. Merchant shipping losses in July 1945: 0 Allied ships with 0
Germany Army Unit Organization 1942-45
Organization of the formations and units of the German Army after the start of the Russian campaign until 1945. Here to Germany Army Unit Organisation 1939-41. Organization of the Wehrmacht
Diary July 30, 1915
Diary for Friday, July 30, 1915: Western Front Flanders: 6 German trench flamethrowers used against BEF; 1/2-mile of British 41st Brigade (New Army 14th Division, arrived France on June 18)
Diary July 30, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, July 30, 1940: Air War German bombers attack shipping between Thames Estuary and Harwich.
Diary July 30, 1945
Diary for Monday, July 30, 1945: New Guinea Japanese 18th Army makes last stand at village of Numbogua; General Adachi orders his troops ‘to die in honourable defeat’. Sea War
Fleets in 1939
British Royal Navy, French Navy and German Kriegsmarine at the beginning of World War II in September 1939. Part I: Ships and deployment of Royal Navy and French Navy. Overview
Diary July 29, 1915
Diary for Thursday, July 29, 1915: Eastern Front Poland – Battle of Biskupice: Mackensen cuts Lublin-Kholm railway, Russians evacuate both (July 30 and 31) after II Siberian Corps broken and
Diary July 29, 1940
Diary for Monday, July 29, 1940: Air War Ju 87 Stukas with heavy Me 109E escort raid Dover. Destroyer Delight bombed and sunk off Portland. Losses: German, 11; British, 3.
Diary July 29, 1945
Diary for Sunday, July 29, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Cruiser Indianapolis, sailing unescorted after delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian island, is sunk by Japanese submarine I-58. Ship not missed
SS at War
Waffen-SS at War – Hitler’s Elite soldiers in combat (Part II). From the first campaigns in Poland, in the West and Balkans with hand-picked men to the 38 divisions strong
Diary July 28, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, July 28, 1915: Western Front French adopt first gas mask and gas shell production begun on July 1. Southern Fronts Italians attack in Cordevole valley (Venetian Alps)
Diary July 28, 1940
Diary for Saturday, July 28, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 19): air battle over Straits of Dover. ‘Sailor’ Malan wounds Mölders – German fighter ‘ace’ – who crash-lands
Diary July 28, 1945
Diary for Saturday, July 28, 1945: Burma Japanese 28th Army attempts to escape across river Sittang; suffers catastrophic losses – over 13,000 killed or drowned. Politics New British Prime Minister
Call of War
Lead your nation in the F2P browser strategy game Call of War by the turmoil of the Second World War and the beginning of the Atomic Age and the Cold
