Why did Hitler declare war on the US?
Hitler’s declaration of war to the United States appears to be difficult to understand, superfluous, and sealed the fate of the Third Reich. On 12 December 1941, Adolf Hitler declared …
1941
Battleship Bismarck
Battleship Bismarck. History, development, final cruise, specifications, pictures and 3d model of the German warship. Design, construction and final cruise of battleship Bismarck. Bismarck class (two ships: Bismarck and Tirpitz) …
Eastern Front 1941
German Orders of Battle from 3 September 1941 and the Eastern Front after the successful start of Operation Barbarossa from the end of August 1941 until the failure of the …
German Orders of Battle – Operation Barbarossa
German Orders of Battle shortly after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on June 27, 1941, in the evening. German Orders of Battle five days after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. …
US Uniforms
Uniforms of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps in World War II. Uniforms and insignia in Northwest-Europe 1944-45, in the Pacific War and from US Marine Corps. The Americans are …
Red Army 1941
Strength and Organization of the Red Army at Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. The Red Army in 1941 The Winter War against Finland had revealed many shortcomings in the Red …
Siege of Tobruk ends
From August 1941 until the end of the Siege of Tobruk in December 1941 (Part III). Australians withdrawn and replaced by Polish troops and ending the siege. Here to Part …
10-Occupation of Norway 1941
Pictures from the occupation duties in Norway 1941. Pictures from Norway during the occupation duties in the year 1941 taken by a soldier of the 214th Infantry Division of the …
Siege of Tobruk
The siege of Tobruk from April to December 1941. Tobruk is a tiny but significant harbor on the coastline of Cyrenaica. Before WW2 its inhabitants figures about 4,000 citizens, residing …
09-Warships in Norway
Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper and other warships in Norway. Pictures from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and other warships and ships in Norway. These pictures were taken from a …
Yugoslavia Armed Forces
Strength and organization of the Yugoslav Army, Air Force and Navy in 1941. Divisions and equipment, aircraft and types, warships. The titular head of the armed forces was the King. …
Balkans Campaign
History and causes of the Balkan campaign 1940-1941. Mussolini’s Greek adventure on 28 October 1940 to the German attack of 6 April 1941. End of October 1940, Hitler ended his …
Australian Army
The Australian army in North Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Organization, strength, divisions and uniforms in the Mediterranean theater 1941 and 1942 and in the Pacific …
Operation Barbarossa
Could had Operation Barbarossa – Hitler’s attack on Soviet Russia – a different course and why was the invasion carried out in June 1941 ? A great number of people …
Nazi Germany attacks the Soviet Union
The German attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. 80 years ago: the beginning of the operation with the code-name ‘Barbarossa’. On June 22, 1941, the German Wehrmacht …