The Battle of the Atlantic, a nautical campaign which lasted the duration of the war, started after the German invasion of Poland with the...
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, using the false pretext of a faked "Polish attack" on a German border post. On September 3, the...
Germany and France had been struggling for dominance in Continental Europe for 80 years and had fought two previous wars, the Franco-Prussian War...
Lazy post this one but it is such an outstanding article: Spitfires over the Kuban [IMG] [Thanks to Trex down in Dorset for the find]
A Panzerkampfwagen MK V1 E-Tiger photographed in Germany in 1943, shortly after it had come into service. Developed as the answer to the Soviet...
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...
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,...
SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Felix Steiner Felix Steiner was born in Ebenrode on 23 May 1896. He served as an Army officer during World War I, winning...
Oberst Werner Baumbach Werner Baumbach was born on 27 December 1916 in the town of Cloppenburg. Fascinated by flying from an early age, as a...
Oberst Walter Oesau Born on 28 June 1913 in Farnewinkel, Walter 'Guile' Oesau started his military career with the Army, enlisting in the...
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt Gerd von Rundstedt was born on 12 December 1875 in Aschersleben, and was the son of a career Army...
General der Flieger Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring was born in Marktsheft on 20 November 1885. He joined the army as an officer cadet at...
Case of Tomas Haller Cooper Thomas Haller Cooper was born in Chiswick, London, on 29 August 1919. His Father, Ashley Cooper, was a...
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...
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...
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...
The Tiger illustrated here belongs to the 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Division 'Das Reich'. The fourteen Tigers a available to the division for...
Weighed down by the bulk of the MG - 42 and ammunition belts he is carrying, an infantryman of the Grossdeutschland Division struggles forward in...
Status Operation Uranus was the Russian Counter-Attack at Stalingrad from 19th - 30th November 1942. As Friedrich von Paulus's 6th Army were...
In the 1930's the RAF were concerned with Twin Engined Medium Bombers such as the Handley Page Hampden & Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. In the USA &...