Diary April 21, 1945
Diary for Saturday, April 21, 1945: Russian Front BATTLE OF BERLIN. ZHUKOV‘S TROOPS ENTER SUBURBS. Konev attacks north of Dresden. Western Front French occupy Stuttgart. Italy ALLIES CAPTURE BOLOGNA. General […]
Diary April 20, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, April 20, 1915: Eastern Front Austrian High Command estimate 1,001,000 Austro-Germans (11 armies) fighting 1,540,000 Russians on 720-mile front. Western Front Flanders: Gas shells testfired at Hill
Diary April 20, 1940
Diary for Friday, April 20, 1940: Air War German bombers (3 lost) attack British naval units off Norway.
Diary April 20, 1945
Diary for Friday, April 20, 1945: Western Front ‘Stars and Stripes’ raised over rostrum of Nuremberg Stadium scene of Nazi Party rallies. Lattre de Tassigny’s French 1st Army execute rapid
Battle of Berlin 1945
Battle of Berlin April-May 1945: The Final Soviet Offensive That Ended Nazi Germany. The Last Battle The Battle of Berlin began on April 16, 1945, when Soviet forces launched their
Silencers & Suppressors: How Covert Operations Used Modified Firearms
Silencers & Suppressors: How Covert Operations Used Modified Firearms. During World War II and beyond, warfare wasn’t only fought in trenches and open fields—it was also waged in the shadows.
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Diary April 19, 1915
Diary for Monday, April 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: Morane ‘L’ fighter (Lt Roland Garros) , damaged by German rifleman Schlenstedt in Courtrai rail station, makes forced landing behind
Diary April 19, 1940
Diary for Friday, April 19, 1940: Norway British brigade, advancing south from Namsos, reaches Verdal, 80 km from Trondheim. French troops (Chasseurs Alpins) land as reinforcements at Namsos. But German
Diary April 19, 1945
Diary for Thursday, April 19, 1945: Okinawa US 24th Corps, 10th Army, launches general assault on outer defenses of ‘Shuri Line’, in the south, after preparatory bombardment by 139 planes,
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
Britain’s Sten Gun: Cheap, Simple, and Effective
Britain’s Sten Gun: Cheap, Simple, and Effective. During World War II, necessity drove innovation, and few weapons reflect this better than the British Sten gun. Created during a time of
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Diary April 18, 1940
Diary for Thursday, April 18, 1940: Norway British base established at Molde; troops land at nearby Alesund. Operation Hammer cancelled – British plan (Churchill and Admiral Keyes) for direct assault
Diary April 18, 1915
Diary for Sunday, April 18, 1915: Neutrals Holland: International Women’s Peace Congress opens in Hague (1,136 delegates from 12 countries). British Admiralty suspension of ferries (22 April-1 May) stops 25
Diary April 18, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, April 18, 1945: Western Front 370,000-strong Army Group B. surrenders in Ruhr ‘Pocket’; Field Marshal Model commits suicide. Royal Engineers begin constructing Bailey Bridge over the Rhine,
German Orders of Battle December 1943
German Orders of Battle from December 26, 1943. The Russian Front in Winter 43-44 The winter of 1943-44 on the Eastern Front during World War II was marked by significant
The Eastern Front’s Most Feared Firearms: Soviet vs. German Weapons
The Eastern Front’s Most Feared Firearms: Soviet vs. German Weapons. The Eastern Front during World War II was a brutal theater of war marked by massive battles, unforgiving terrain, and
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Diary April 17, 1915
Diary for Saturday, April 17, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: British submarine E15 lost aground (24 PoWs) near Kephez Point, destroyed by Majestic’s picket boat next day, but E14 gets through.
Diary April 17, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, April 17, 1940: Norway British troops land at Andalsnes (Operation Sickle). German troops isolated at Narvik ordered to ‘hold out as long as possible’. Air War RAF
Diary April 17, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, April 17, 1945: Okinawa Americans capture Yae-Taki Hills in Motobu Peninsular. Air War Europe: Mosquito bombers attacking Gestapo HQ at Odense, Denmark. Pacific: B-29 Superfortress carry out
BAR
BAR – Browning Automatic Rifle, US light machine gun or assault rifle from both World Wars. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) Browning Automatic
