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Vickers Gun
Vickers Gun
British Vickers machine-gun from both World Wars. History, development, service, specifications and pictures of the heavy Vickers gun. Vickers Gun Read more
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Diary May 7, 1915
Diary for Friday, May 7, 1915: Sea War Irish Sea: Unescorted unarmed British Cunard liner LUSITANIA (32,000t) SUNK in 20 Read more
tank rolls off the assembly line
Diary May 7, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, May 7, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: NORWAY DEBATE begins in House of Commons. Chamberlain defends Conservative Governments Read more
Unconditional surrender of Wehrmacht
Diary May 7, 1945
Diary for Monday, May 7, 1945: Politics UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY. General JodI signs instrument of surrender at 2.41 am Read more
Model Airco DH2
Airco DH2
British first true single-seat fighting scout Airco de Havilland 2. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, and model. First British Read more
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Diary May 6, 1915
Diary for Thursday, May 6, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Austrian Fourth Army occupies Tarnow, takes 30,000 PoWs until May 8. Read more
Night fight in a Norwegian village.
Diary May 6, 1940
Diary for Monday, May 6, 1940: Norway Norwegian troops fight back in Roeros-Stoeren sector (eastern central Norway). Norwegian gold reserve Read more
Indians attack under smoke cover
Diary May 6, 1945
Diary for Sunday, May 6, 1945: Burma British 14th Army links up with 'Dracula' forces, north of Rangoon. Western Front Read more
Mauser C/96 Model 1896
Mauser C/96
First self-loading pistol German Mauser Automatic C/96 (built 1896-1938) used in both World Wars. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Read more
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Diary May 5, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, May 5, 1915: Southern Fronts Austro-Italian frontier: Cadorna learns that Italy committed to war by May 26. Read more
French Foreign Legionnaires at Narvik
Diary May 5, 1940
Diary for Sunday, May 5, 1940: Norway French Foreign Legionnaires and Polish troops land at Harstad (near Narvik) and Tromso Read more
German unit is disarmed by Czechs
Diary May 5, 1945
Diary for Saturday, May 5, 1945: Occupied countries Czechoslovakia - The Prague Rising: Resistance attack on radio station sparks off Read more
3d model Avro Manchester
Avro Manchester
British heavy strategic night bomber Avro Manchester of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. RAF's heavy strategic Read more
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Diary May 4, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, May 4, 1915: Western Front German GHO moves to Pless, Silesia. Artois: French bombardment by 1,073 guns Read more
Aerial picture from Narvik
Diary May 4, 1940
Diary for Saturday, May 4, 1940: Norway British troops land at Mo, south of Narvik. Sea War Polish destroyer Grom Read more
end of a 'werewolf'
Diary May 4, 1945
Diary for Friday, May 4, 1945: Western Front SURRENDER OF ALL GERMAN FORCES IN NORTHWEST GERMANY, HOLLAND AND DENMARK to Read more
The Intervention
Diary May 3, 1915
Diary for Monday, May 3, 1915: Politics ITALY DENOUNCES TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Western Front Artois: French preliminary bombardment begins. Germans expect Read more
Norwegian brigade commander surrenders
Diary May 3, 1940
Diary for Friday, May 3, 1940: Norway Surrender of Norwegian forces in Trondheim area. Western Front Hitler postpones Gelb offensive Read more
Indian troops in front of Rangoon
Diary May 3, 1945
Diary for Thursday, May 3, 1945: Burma INDIAN TROOPS OCCUPY RANGOON without resistance. Western Front British capture Hamburg. 59 merchant Read more
British 6-pounder anti-tank gun ready to fire
Deployment of Anglo-American forces 1942
Deployment of Anglo-American forces by theaters in summer 1942. Deployment of the armed forces of the Anglo-Americans (Britain with Commonwealth Read more
WW2 Weapons
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