Diary January 3, 1940
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, January 3, 1940: Western Front In Vosges area, French patrols ambush two German detachments and take several prisoners. Sea War British warships detain American SS […]
Diary January 2, 1915
War Diary World War One for Saturday, January 2, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Heavy rain hampers operations. King Albert vetoes against BEF-Belgian Army amalgamation idea. Somme: French gains near Verrelles.
Diary January 2, 1940
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, January 2, 1940: Finland Winter War: Snowstorms halt fighting in Karelian Isthmus. Battle of Salla begins: Finns make unsuccessful attempts to encircle Russian 122nd Division
Diary January 2, 1945
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, January 2, 1945: Air War Germany: 1,000 US bombers hammer troop concentrations and communications in Western Germany. 1,000 RAF bombers attack Nuremberg (2,067t of bombs)
Luger Pistol 08
Luger Parabellum Model 1908, the most widely used pistol in the German army from World War 1 to 1942. History, development, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3d model. Luger P08 Parabellum
Diary January 1, 1915
War Diary World War One for Friday, January 1, 1915: Sea War Channel: Unescorted battleship Formidable sunk at 0230 hours in bad weather by U24 (Schneider) (547 killed, 201 survivors).
Diary January 1, 1940
War Diary WW2 for Monday, January 1, 1940: Finland Winter War: Finns repulse Russian probing attack in Taipale sector of Mannerheim Line. Home Fronts Britain: Royal Proclamation: 2 Million men
Diary January 1, 1945
War Diary WW2 for Monday, January 1, 1945: Air War Europe: 800 German fighter-bombers carry out massed low-level raids on Allied airfields in Belgium and Holland (Operation Bodenplatte or Hermann).
02-Siegfried Line
At the Siegfried Line in Winter 1939-40. Here are some pictures taken in 1939 and winter 1940 during the service at the Siegfried Line in Western Germany at the beginning
Diary December 31, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 31, 1939: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in December 1939: 72 Allied ships with 190,768 tons in the Atlantic. 1 U-boat sunk in the
Diary December 31, 1914
War Diary World War One for Thursday, December 31, 1914: Western Front Kitchener breakfasts with Field Marshal French, he and Joffre must ‘break the German line’ in next 5 weeks
Diary December 31, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 31, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF attacks Solingen marshalling yards. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in December 1944: 19 Allied ships with 91,097 tons
04-Operation Weser Crossing
Operation Weser Crossing (Unternehmen Weserübung), the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940. Operation Weserübung Operation Weserübung (Weser Crossing) was the code name for Nazi Germany’s invasion of
Diary December 30, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1944: Western Front Fierce fighting in Houffalize–Bastogne sector in the Ardennes. Occupied countries Greece: Archbishop Damaskinos appointed Regent. Air War Germany: 337 RAF
Diary December 30, 1914
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, December 30, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Allies consolidate positions at Ypres. Champagne: French 33rd Division captures 300 yards (0.27 km) of German trenches,
Diary December 30, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1939: Finland Winter War: General Stern, formerly in command of Russian Far Eastern Army, to direct operations north of Lake Ladoga.
German arms production
German arms production in WW2 from 1939-1945. German arms production in WW2 German armaments production during World War II (1939-1945) was a crucial aspect of Nazi Germany’s war effort. Overview
Diary December 29, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1944: Air War Europe: Lancaster and Halifax bombers are dropping patterns of 12,000-lb bombs on E-boat pens at Rotterdam.
Diary December 29, 1914
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, December 29, 1914: Secret War Britain: Churchill in a letter to Asquith urges Royal Navy Baltic attack to land Russians for march on
Diary December 29, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1939: Finland Winter War: 250 Finnish ‘suicide squad’ ski troops tear up vital Leningrad–Murmansk railway line at three points.
