Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 4 – 6 (4 SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division, 5 SS-Panzer-Division Wiking (W), 6 SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord). Waffen-SS divisions Polizei, Wiking, Nord Overview Divisions 4 to 6 were part of […]
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The uniforms of the Germany Army in World War One from 1914 to 1918. Uniforms of the infantry 1914/15 and 1916-18, mountain troops and Jaegers, Bavarian soldiers, Landsturm and cavalry,
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Operation Merkur (Mercury), the ‘Battle of Crete’. German Plan of Attack and assault troops, deployed forces, intelligence, the fighting and losses on Crete. The German airborne invasion of Crete in
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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. Arming
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Jagdpanther (SdKfz 173, tank destroyer for 8.8-cm PaK 43 on Panther chassis), probably the best German tank destroyer of the Second World War. Jagdpanther (SdKfz 173) Heavy tank destroyer (tank
The largest naval battle in history, which took place at Jutland on May 31 to June 1, 1916. Naval forces, battlecruiser and battle fleet action, night action, and losses at
German Orders of Battle for the campaign in the West, 10 May 1940. Deployment, army groups, armies, corps, divisions, organization and equipment, tanks. By May 1940, the number of divisions
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Preparations for the operations in Norway 1940. Here are some photographs which were pictured in Germany in 1940 and are showing the preparations for the operation in Norway. Please click
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The armistice between France and Germany in June 1940: key events and lasting effects. The Franco-German Armistice, signed on June 22, 1940, ended the fighting between France and Germany and
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German self-loading rifle Gewehr 43 and predecessor G-41 of the Second World War. History, development, service, specifications and pictures. German self-loading rifles in the Second World War Self-loading rifle 43
Organization of the formations and units of the German Army from the Polish campaign til Operation Barbarossa 1941. Organization of the German Army at the Beginning of WW2 Overview At
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Messerschmitt Me 264 ‘America bomber’. History, development, service, specifications and pictures of the German long-range bomber of World War II. Messerschmitt Me 264 Messerschmitt Me 264 Type: Long-range bomber. The
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The Waffen-SS – origin, formation, war crimes, combat performance and strength of Hitler’s elite fighters of the Third Reich 1933 to 1945. History of the Waffen-SS Creation of the Waffen-SS
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part II). Crimes of the Waffen-SS: Einsatzgruppen (special task forces), concentration camp guards and war crimes. Here to Part I: Waffen-SS Myths. Myths of the Waffen-SS
13 Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar, 14 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Ukrainian), 15 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Latvian), 16 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS, 17 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen, 18 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Horst Wessel, 19
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The Germany Army in World War One from 1914 to 1918. Uniforms, strength, organization, tactics and commanders at the beginning of the conflict. The German Imperial Army The German Empire,
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German Messerschmitt Emil fighter from the Blitzkrieg and Battle of Britain. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Messerschmitt Bf 109 E Messerschmitt Me 109 E and T Type:
German transport plane Junkers Ju 52/3m ‘Auntie Junkers’ of World War II. History, development, service and dive-bombing tactics, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Transport plane Junkers Ju 52 Junkers Ju
20 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Estonian), 22 SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division Maria Theresia (Volunteer cavalry division), 23 Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Kama (2nd Croatian Mountain division), 23 SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Nederland, 24 SS-Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Karstjaeger
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Maleme, 11 miles (ca. 18 km) west of Chania, the second-largest German military cemetery in Greece. Simple grave complex at the place where in May 1941 after the German airborne
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