Diary June 8, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, June 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: HMS Humber first RN monitor to arrive, these shallow-draught heavy-gunned vessels reduce need for more vulnerable battleships. Western Front Artois: Further […]
Diary June 8, 1940
Diary for Saturday, June 8, 1940: Sea War Carrier Glorious and escorting destroyers Acasta and Ardent sunk in desperate battle with Gneisenau and Scharnhorst south-west of Narvik. Acasta scores damaging
Diary June 8, 1945
Diary for Friday, June 8, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Japanese cruiser Ashigara sunk by British submarine Trenchant off Sumatra.
12-HIWI’s
WW2 pictures from Russian PoW volunteers (HIWI) and official trips. Pictures from a soldier of the Wehrmacht about Russian prisoners of war (PoW’s), which served for the 214th Infantry Division
Diary June 7, 1915
Diary for Monday, June 7, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Lechitski evacuates Kalusz and Nadworna in east and all of Bukovina on June 12. Austrians retake Stanislau next day and Kolomea
Diary June 7, 1940
Diary for Friday, June 7, 1940: France Rommel advances 30 miles (ca. 48 km) to Forges-Ies-Eaux, north of Rouen. Air War French Naval Air Force attempts token bombing raid on
Diary June 7, 1945
Diary for Thursday, June 7, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: King and Queen visit Channel Islands. First performance of Britten’s opera ‘Peter Grimes‘ at Sadler’s Wells Theater, London. Norway King Haakon
05-Shipping to Norway
Loading ships for the transportation to Norway. These pictures have been photographed during loading for shipment to Norway at the Port of Aalborg (Denmark). Supply or repair units, such as
Diary June 6, 1915
Diary for Sunday, June 6, 1915: Air War Britain: Zeppelin L9 drops 52 bombs on Hull for 20 minutes around midnight (62 civilian and 2 military casualties), 3 German Army
Diary June 6, 1940
Diary for Thursday, June 6, 1940: France Despite strong French resistance, Rommel breaks through west of Amiens and advances 20 miles (ca. 32 km). Air War 21 LeO-451 bombers (11
Diary June 6, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, June 6, 1945: Politics Brazil declares war on Japan. Secret War Detention of 4 agents landed on Orissa coast (India) by Japanese submarine in March 1944: 2
Royal Air Force on Eagle Day
Aircrafts and bases of the RAF squadrons on 13 August 1940, the Eagle Day. Number of squadrons, locations and aircraft equipment in Britain, Africa, Middle and Far East. Organization of
Diary June 5, 1915
Diary for Saturday, June 5, 1915: Southern Fronts Isonzo: 4 Italian corps vainly attack Doberdo plateau, Gorizia and Monte Kuk until June 8 with poor artillery support. Western Front Artois:
Diary June 5, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, June 5, 1940: Western Front BATTLE OF FRANCE BEGINS – Operation Rot (Red): 119 German divisions (with 10 armored) against 65 French divisions (3 armored, 3 mechanized
Diary June 5, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, June 5, 1945: Politics ALLIED AGREEMENT ON PARTITION OF GERMANY AND CITY OF BERLIN signed by Eisenhower, Montgomery, Lattre de Tassigny and Zhukov. Okinawa Naha airfield captured
Call of War with Australia
With Australia through a test game in the scenario ‘1939 – Historical World War’ in the free browser strategy game Call of War. Gaming fun with Australia in Call of
Diary June 4, 1915
Diary for Friday, June 4, 1915: Southern Fronts Italian front: Falling river Isonzo (after sudden floods) finally lets Italian Third Army (Duke of Aosta) cross in strength. Eastern Front Galicia:
Diary June 4, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, June 4, 1940: Western Front Germans capture Dunkirk, taking 40,000 French prisoners (rearguard plus many stragglers), and great quantities of abandoned British equipment, inc. 2,472 guns, 84,427
Diary June 4, 1945
Diary for Monday, June 4, 1945: Okinawa US Marines land behind Japanese lines in Oroku Peninsular. Occupied countries Germany: Paul Ferdonnet - the ‘Radio Traitor’ of Stuttgart – arrested by
KV heavy tank
Soviet heavy tank KV: from KV-1 and KV-2 to model 1942. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. KV-1, KV-2, KV-3 Type: Heavy tank and howitzer. Development In
