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    WWII German Helmet Insignia

    Beginning as early as 17 February 1934, the Chief of Army Administration issued orders for the creation and application of helmet insignia...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 21, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: German WWII Uniforms and Equipment
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    Woolwich Arsenal/Vulcan Foundry - A12 Matilda Mk II Tank

    The Tank, Infantry, Mk II was designed by the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich and built by Vulcan Foundry (Later part of English Electric). Based on the...
    Thread by: Spitfire XIV-E, Sep 19, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Motorised Weapons
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    Type 97 "Chi-Ha" Medium Tank

    The Type 97 Chi-Ha was the most widely produced Japanese Medium Tank of WW2. It was used before, during and after WW2 in the Pacific War,...
    Thread by: Spitfire XIV-E, Sep 17, 2007, 4 replies, in forum: Japanese Motorised Weapons
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    Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Ludwig Stautner

    Major Ludwig Stautner Ludwig Stautner was an experienced combat veteran of World War I. In September 1916, as a junior NCO with the rank of...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 13, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: German WWII Medals and Awards
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    Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Fritz Vogt

    SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Fritz Vogt Fritz Vogt was born in Munich in March 1918. He volunteered for service in the SS-Verfugungstruppe in 1935 and...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 13, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: German WWII Medals and Awards
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    Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Gunther Lutzow

    Oberst Gunther Lutzow Gunther Lutzow was born in Kiel on 4 September 1912. Despite being a student of theology, he was drawn to a military...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 13, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: German WWII Medals and Awards
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    Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Helmut Wick

    Major Helmut Wick Helmut Wick was born in Mannheim in the State of Baden on 5 August 1915. Living near an airfield, he developed a fascination...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 12, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: German WWII Medals and Awards
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    Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Erich Raeder

    Erich Raeder was born on 24 April 1876 in Wandsbek in the province of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1894, aged 18, he joined the navy and rose rapidly...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 12, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: German WWII Medals and Awards
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    Knight's Cross And Oak-Leaves Recipient Albert Kesselring

    General der Flieger Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring was born in Marktsheft on 20 November 1885. He joined the army as an officer cadet at...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 11, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: German WWII Medals and Awards
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    The Knight's Cross

    The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) was awarded for a very wide range of reasons. To illustrate by comparison,...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 11, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: German WWII Medals and Awards
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    Case Blue

    Case Blue was the German Offensive starting on 28th June 1942 to cut off and surround Soviet Armies in the Don Bend, capture vital oil supplies in...
    Thread by: Spitfire XIV-E, Aug 30, 2007, 4 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
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    Escaping German troops

    Escaping troops from German seventh army and fifth panzer armies are caught by rocket-firing typhoon aircraft in a narrow lane east of the river...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 29, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: The War In Normandy
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    The Air War over Stalingrad

    [img] Russian Yak 3 Fighter, used to great effect against the Luftwaffe during the Stalingrad Battle. [img] IL-2 Stormovik Ground...
    Thread by: Spitfire XIV-E, Aug 29, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
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    Falaise

    MaJ Gen Maczek had brought his Polish 1st Armoured Division up onto the heights above Coudehard when he swung his advance eastwards around Trun on...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: The War In Normandy
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    Operation Totalise

    Canadian personnel watch In disbelief as the bombs dropped In support of the second phase of Operation Totalise fall perilously close to their...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 28, 2007, 3 replies, in forum: The War In Normandy
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    Battle for Stalingrad in Pictures

    [img] Some of the 91,000 German & Romanian Prisoners taken at the end of fighting on 2nd February 1943. Only about 6,000 would ever return to...
    Thread by: Spitfire XIV-E, Aug 28, 2007, 8 replies, in forum: War on the Eastern Front
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    Firing on Soviet Positions

    A German 15.0cm sFH 18 gun firing on Soviet positions at the start of Ninth Army’s offensive against the Soviet Central Frontat Kursk. The Germans...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 27, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: Battle of Kursk
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    Air power played a vital role at Kursk

    Air power played a vital role at Kursk, with both side employing very large numbers of aircraft. The Petlyakov Pe-2, a very versatile Soviet...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 27, 2007, 0 replies, in forum: Battle of Kursk
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    Tiger 1 in Kursk

    The Tiger illustrated here belongs to the 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Division 'Das Reich'. The fourteen Tigers a available to the division for...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 27, 2007, 1 replies, in forum: Battle of Kursk
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    Who was Fighting!

    Weighed down by the bulk of the MG - 42 and ammunition belts he is carrying, an infantryman of the Grossdeutschland Division struggles forward in...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 27, 2007, 9 replies, in forum: Battle of Kursk
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