RAF Squadrons 1942
Aircraft and bases of the Royal Air Force in June 1942. Number of squadrons, locations and aircraft equipment in Britain, Africa, Middle and Far East. By July 1941 the strength […]
Lee-Enfield Rifle: A Legacy of British Military Precision and History
Lee-Enfield Rifle: A Legacy of British Military Precision and History. The Lee-Enfield rifle is one of the most iconic firearms in military history. Developed in the late 19th century, this
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Mosin-Nagant: The Russian Bolt-Action Rifle That Left Its Mark on History
Mosin-Nagant: The Russian Bolt-Action Rifle That Left Its Mark on History. Few rifles have had as long and storied a history as the Mosin-Nagant. Designed in the late 19th century
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Diary March 31, 1940
Diary for Sunday, March 31, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: A large proportion of people evacuated from cities in September 1939 have now drifted back home; only 300,000 schoolchildren, out of
Diary March 31, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, March 31, 1915: Western Front German Army ration strength 5,029,672 men. Sea War Germany: U-boats sank 29 ships (161 British lives lost) worth 89,517t in March, more
Diary March 31, 1945
Diary for Saturday, March 31, 1945: Western Front French start crossing the Rhine near Speyer. Russian Front Russians take Ratibor on Upper Oder. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in March
Siege of Tobruk
The siege of Tobruk from April to December 1941. Tobruk Tobruk is a tiny but significant harbor on the coastline of Cyrenaica. Before WW2 its inhabitants figures about 4,000 citizens,
Diary March 30, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, March 30, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Intelligence officers of XV Corps, French Tenth Army, learn from PoWs that extensive German preparations near Zillebeke east of Ypres to
Diary March 30, 1940
Diary for Saturday, March 30, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Sir John Gilmour, Minister of Shipping, dies aged 63.
Diary March 30, 1945
Diary for Friday, March 30, 1945: Russian Front Danzig stormed by Rokossovksy’s 2nd Belorussian Front. Tolbukhin enters Austria. Air War Germany: 345 bombers of 8th USAAF attacking Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg and
Battle of Okinawa 1945
Battle of Okinawa 1945: The Decisive Pacific Campaign That Shaped WWII’s Final Months The Battle of Okinawa began on April 1, 1945, marking the final major conflict before an anticipated
Diary March 29, 1940
Diary for Friday, March 29, 1940: Air War Capitan Antoine de Saint-Exupery flies first recce sortie over West Germany in the Bloch 174 (max. speed 530 km/hour). Air Marshal Portal
Diary March 29, 1915
Diary for Monday, March 29, 1915: Middle East Egypt: General Hamilton inspects 20,000 Anzacs troops for the Dardanelles (2,480 NZ reinforcements arrived on March 26). Western Front First German Gas
Diary March 29, 1945
Diary for Thursday, March 29, 1940: Western Front Tanks of 21st Army Group break out of Wesel bridgehead. US 7th Army captures Mannheim and Heidelberg. Air War Britain: 2,419th (and
Slovak Armed Forces
Slovak Armed Forces in the Second World War: organization of the Army and divisions and Air Force in the Polish campaign 1939 and on the Russian front 1941-1944. Slovak Armed
Diary March 28, 1915
Diary for Sunday, March 28, 1915: Western Front Aisne: General Kluck severely wounded in leg by French shell, visiting trenches near Vailly, aged 68; Fabeck replaces him in command of
Diary March 28, 1940
Diary for Thursday, March 28, 1940: Sea War Pacific: Russian cargo ships Selenga and Vladimir Mayakovski (carrying metallic ores to Vladivostok for trans-shipment to Germany) ordered to Hong Kong by
Diary March 28, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, March 28, 1945: Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures Gdynia. Hungary: Malinovsky takes Gyor. Guderian replaced by Krebs as COS after row with Hitler.
Firearms Used in D-Day: What Allied Troops Carried on June 6, 1944
Firearms Used in D-Day: What Allied Troops Carried on June 6, 1944. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history—D-Day. As American, British, and Canadian
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Battleships South Dakota Class
Battleships of the American South Dakota class and action with USS Massachusetts in the F2P game WoWs. History, construction, missions, specifications and pictures of the USS battleships South Dakota, Indiana,
