V-2 in action
V-2, the German ‘Retaliation Weapon 2’. Organization, deployment, launch and effect of the ballistic missile A-4 (V-2) in the years 1944 to 1945. Here to Part I: Development of V-2. …
1944
Eastern Front 1944
The Eastern Front from winter 1943-44 until late summer 1944. Ending the siege of Leningrad and Operation Bagration, the destruction of the German Army Group Center. During the winter of …
Panzerfaust
One-shot recoilless anti-tank launcher. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Panzerfaust 30, 60, 100, 150, 250. Type: light, one-shot recoilless anti-tank launcher History: The appearance of heavy Russian …
V-2
Ballistic missile A-4, German revenge weapon V-2. History, origin, development, production and difficulties until operational debut and specifications. A-4 (V-2) Type: Ballistic missile. History The German V-2 was the first …
P-51 Mustang
US war decisive World War 2 long-range escort fighter plane. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. North American P-51 Mustang Type: Long-range escort fighter. History Many claims have …
P-47D Thunderbolt
Late models of the long-range escort fighter and fighter-bomber Thunderbolt (beginning with P-47D-25). History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (late models from D-25) Type: …
Puma armored car
German armored scout vehicle SdKfz 234 Puma. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D-model of the heavy cross-country armored car series. SdKfz 234 Puma Type: Heavy cross-country armored car. …
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 (‘Baitor’); Panzerjäger 38(t) for …
Baltic volunteers with the German Army
Baltic volunteers with the German Army in the Second World War. Service of inhabitants of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. On 22 June 1941 the Red …
Russian Troops with the German Army
Strength and Organization of the Wehrmacht volunteers (Hiwis, legionnaires), Cossacks and Liberation Army (ROA) Russia. Russian volunteers with the German Army The continuous drain of German military personnel brought about …
Me 264 America bomber
Messerschmitt Me 264 ‘America bomber’. History, development, service, specifications and pictures of the German long-range bomber of World War II. Messerschmitt Me 264 Type: Long-range bomber. History Unofficially called the …
Military performance
The German military performance during World War Two. Part III of the assessment of the fighting power of the Wehrmacht in WW2. back to Part II: Wehrmacht vs US Army …
Performance on the Western Front
German military performance against the Western Allies in France and on the German frontier in 1944. back to Part III: Military performance in Italy 1943-44 As Rommel had forecast, the …
British Army in North-West Europe
Strength and organization of the British army in North-West Europe 1944 to 1945. Homeland defense 1940-43, preparations for the return to the continent 1943-44 and North-West Europe 1944-45 with Orders …
British Army in Italy
Strength and organization of the British army in Italy from 1943 to 1945. Orders of Battle (September 1943, May 1944 and April 1945), uniforms and insignia. British Army in Italy …