Type XXI U-boat
The first true submarine, the German Type XXI U-boat of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, and model. Type XXI Type: German late-war U-boat (submarine). History: One of the …
1945
Luftwaffe Orders of Battle January 1945
Orders of Battle of the Luftwaffe from 10 January 1945: strength and aircraft of the Luftflotten for the last phase of Second World War. The following is a summary of …
Second World War overview 1943-45
Second World War, overview of the course from 1943 to 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers by the Allies (Part III). Here to Part II: Second World War …
Pilot Training mid- and late-war
Decline of the pilot training of the German air force Luftwaffe in mid- and late-war from 1942 to 1945 (Part II). Decline of the Luftwaffe Pilot Training The Battle of …
P-80 Shooting Star
First US jet fighter Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star from World War II. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. Type: US jet fighter. History: The …
German Volkssturm Weapons
The arming of the German Volkssturm (People’s Storm, the equivalent of the British Home Guard) in the last war phase. Volkssturm rifle VG-1, VG-2, Volkssturm carbine VG-45, MP 3008. The …
Horten Ho IX
German jet bomber Horten Ho IX (Gotha Go 229) History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model. Gotha Go 229, Horten Ho IX. Type: German jet bomber, jet …
Aircraft carrier Unryu class
Japanese aircraft carrier class Unryu and Ibuki of the Second World War. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Unryu class (carriers Unryu, Amagi, Katsuragi, Kasagi, Aso, Ikoma) Type: Japanese aircraft …
He 162 Salamander
Jet fighter and interceptor Heinkel He 162 Salamander or ‘People’s fighter’. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Heinkel He 162 Salamander (Volksjäger). Type: German Luftwaffe jet fighter …
Aircraft carrier Shinano
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model of the Yamato-class carrier conversation. Shinano Type: Japanese Aircraft Carrier (ship). History: The early exchanges of the …
StG-45 and successors
StG-45 or Sturmgewehr 45 (assault rifle) and its modern successors G3, CETME, HK33, G36. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Sturmgewehr 45 (StG-45) Type: automatic rifle. History Towards the end …
Ju 287 jet bomber
German multi-jet heavy bomber Junkers Ju 287 with forward-swept wings. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. Junkers Ju 287 Type: Multi-jet heavy bomber with forward-swept wings. History One of the …
Hawker Sea Fury
British carrier-based Naval fighter-bomber Sea Fury from the end of WW2. History, development, service, specifications, pictures, images and 3D model. Hawker Sea Fury Type: British carrier-based fighter-bomber. History The Hawker …
17-Battle at the Vistula 1945
The last Russian Winter Offensive of the war started with the Battle of the Vistula. On January 12, 1945 the 1st Belorussian Front (Marshal Zhukov) and the 1st Ukrainian Front …
Do 335 Arrow
Dornier Do 335 ‘Pfeil’ (Arrow) fighter-bomber of the Luftwaffe. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D-model. Dornier Do 335 Arrow (Pfeil) Type: German fighter-bomber, long-range fighter, heavy fighter, Zerstörer …