Diary February 9, 1945
Diary for Friday, February 9, 1945: Russian Front East Prussia: Königsberg now virtually encircled by 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts. Western Front BRITISH AND CANADIANS REACH THE RHINE in strength. […]
Diary February 8, 1940
Diary for Thursday, February 8, 1940: Western Front Two French soldiers capture German patrol in Forbach Woods. Secret War USA: ‘Harry Sawyer’ (Sebold) arrives in New York to head German
Diary February 8, 1915
Diary for Monday, February 8, 1915: Sea War Eastern Mediterranean: British cruiser Philomel raids Bab Yunis near Alexandretta. Black Sea: Light cruiser Breslau shells Yalta (Crimea) while Russian cruisers bombard
Diary February 8, 1945
Diary for Thursday, February 8, 1945: Western Front Canadians advance into Reichswald southeast of Nijmegen, between Maas and Rhine (Operation Veritable).
Hetzer
Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer, one of the best German tank destroyers in the Second World War. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D-model. Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer (‘Baitor’);
Diary February 7, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1945: Air War Europe: RAF night attack on German forces at Kleve and Goch.
Diary February 7, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: Irish passenger-mail ship Munster sunk by mine in Irish Sea. Home Fronts Britain: IRA men, Barnes and Richards, executed at Winson
Diary February 7, 1915
Diary for Sunday, February 7, 1915: Eastern Front East Prussia – Winter Battle of Masuria (until February 22): Hindenburg offensive in Kaiser’s presence, takes Johannisburg next day but snow hampers.
Diary February 6, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1940: Home Front Britain: four people injured by IRA parcel bombs at Euston Station, London.
Diary February 6, 1915
Diary for Saturday, February 6, 1915: Western Front Flanders: British counter-mine two German sap-heads south of La Bassee Canal. Somme: Germans detonate 3 mines in La Bolsselle. Eastern Front Bukovina:
Diary February 6, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1945: Russian Front Konev crosses the river Oder and lays siege to Breslau: hundreds of thousands of panic-stricken German civilians flee westwards, many into ‘safe’
King Tiger tank
King Tiger – German heavy battle tank Panzer VI Tiger II History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model. Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf B Tiger II Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf
Diary February 5, 1915
Diary for Friday, February 5, 1915: Air War Western Front: French pilot Pegoud in Morane ‘L’ scores 3 victories in single action: 2 German aircraft shot down, 3rd forced to
Diary February 5, 1945
Diary for Monday, February 5, 1945: Western Front Alsace: Colmar Pocket cut in two as US and French troops link up. Air War Germany: 238 RAF bombers attacking Bonn. 589
Diary February 5, 1940
Diary for Monday, February 5, 1940: Neutrals Holland: C-in-C General Reynders resigns over question of Dutch military preparedness. Sea War US Maritime Commission announces that Britain and France are buying
9th SS Hohenstaufen from Arnhem to the end
Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer Division Hohenstaufen (Part II). From Arnhem, in the Ardennes and to Hungary to the end of the war. To Part I: 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. 9th
Diary February 4, 1945
Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1945: Politics YALTA CONFERENCE (‘Magneto’): Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in Crimea. Latter succeeds in winning big concessions from ailing US President, including free hand
Diary February 4, 1915
Diary for Thursday, February 4, 1915: Sea War UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WAR. Germany declares ‘War Zone’ around British Islands as from February 18. All vessels including neutrals liable to be sunk
Diary February 4, 1940
Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1940: Air War Finland: Russian bombers attacking 141 targets (towns, rail junctions, harbors) over weekend February 3-4, dropping approx. 6,800 bombs. Finnish casualties 193 (14
Diary February 3, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, February 3, 1915: Middle East Egypt: 12,000 Turks try to cross Suez Canal until next day at 3 points; only 3 pontoons (c. 60 men) cross. Repulsed
