Diary June 15, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, June 15, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Second Action of Givenchy until next day: British 7th new arrived 51st Highland Division attack at 0558 hours northeast of […]
Diary June 15, 1940
Diary for Saturday, June 15, 1940: France Germans capture Verdun. German 7th Army (Army Group C) crosses Rhine opposite Colmar. French Army GHQ moves south from Briare, on the Loire,
Diary June 15, 1945
Diary for Friday, June 15, 1945: Burma Mountbatten addresses Victory Parade in Rangoon. Home Fronts Britain: Parliament dissolved in anticipation of first General Election since 1935.
Isonzo battles 1915 to 1917
The 12 battles of the Isonzo (1915-1917) during the First World War: key campaigns on the Italian front. The 12 Battles of the Isonzo were a series of major fights
Diary June 14, 1915
Diary for Monday, June 14, 1915: African Fronts Southwest Africa: Botha’s final advance to the north begins, occupies Omaruru on June 20 and detaches 2 mounted brigades to cut off
Diary June 14, 1940
Diary for Friday, June 14, 1940: France GERMAN FORCES ENTER PARIS. General von Bock, CO Army Group B, reviews victory parades in Place de la Concorde and at Arc de
Diary June 14, 1945
Diary for Thursday, June 14, 1945: Okinawa US infantry capture Yaeju-Dake peak. Sea War Pacific: British TG raids Truk (June 14 and 15). Occupied countries Germany: Von Ribbentrop arrested by
Greek Army in World War One
The Army of Greece and its uniforms in World War One. Greece in the Great War In February 1821, the Greeks’ decisive revolt against the Ottoman Empire began and on
Diary June 13, 1915
Diary for Sunday, June 13, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Canadians discard unreliable Ross rifles for standard SM Lee-Enfield, enter Messines sector on June 28. Artois: French checked at Souchez. Petain
Diary June 13, 1940
Diary for Thursday, June 13, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: 120,000 school-children to be evacuated from London. Germany: Hitler gives an interview to American journalist Carl von Wiegand: he had no
Diary June 13, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, June 13, 1945: Okinawa End of organized Japanese resistance in Oroku sector. Farther south, heavy Japanese gunfire forces Americans to use tanks for all normal MT duties
Waffen-SS
The Waffen-SS – origin, formation, war crimes, combat performance and strength of Hitler’s elite fighters of the Third Reich 1933 to 1945. History of the Waffen-SS Creation of the Waffen-SS
Diary June 12, 1915
Diary for Saturday, June 12, 1915: Southern Fronts Carnic Alps: Italians occupy two passes and repel Austrian attacks on June 25. Isonzo: Italians attack Hill 383 seven times. Eastern Front
Diary June 12, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, June 12, 1940: France Rommel captures remnants of French IX Corps and British 51st Highland Division at St.Valery-en-Caux, near Le Havre. Germans reach the Marne and cross
Diary June 12, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, June 12, 1945: Okinawa Japanese marines in Oroku sector request cease-fire, which will permit them to commit hara-kiri; hundreds jump off cliffs or disembowel themselves with grenades.
Schneider Tank
French Schneider assault tank Char d’Assaut (CA) of World War One. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. French tanks in WW1 During World War I, the French military
Diary June 11, 1915
Diary for Friday, June 11, 1915: Air War North Sea – First-ever use of reconnaissance seaplanes with battle fleet at sea: Sopwith Baby seaplanes from HMS Campania observe movements of
Diary June 11, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, June 11, 1940: France German vanguards approach Pontoise, thereby threatening Paris from the northwest. Sea War Mediterranean: British Mediterranean Fleet and French cruiser squadron sweep Eastern Mediterranean
Diary June 11, 1945
Diary for Monday, June 11, 1945: Okinawa Japanese pocket in Oroku sector now only 914 meters square.
Waffen-SS Crimes
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part II). Crimes of the Waffen-SS: Einsatzgruppen (special task forces), concentration camp guards and war crimes. Here to Part I: Waffen-SS Myths. Myths of the Waffen-SS
