So good was the Bf 109 considered in 1937 that many experts in Germany thought there was no need to consider a successor. A successor was however...
The Russians were slow to realise the need for Self Propelled Mobile Artillery & Assault Guns. During Operation Uranus, the Russian Counter Attack...
No other Aircraft in History was ever more feared, nor accomplished more, when conditions were right for it's use, than the Junkers Ju 87....
The IS series of Heavy Tanks were a direct development of the KV series, after the early KV's were critised by their crews for poor Mobility. By...
The KV series of tanks were a result of extensive design competitions in the mid to late 1930's. The T-35 with 2 Turrets was finally revised to a...
Alexander S. Yakovlev was the chief Soviet designer of Gliders & Sporting Aircraft from 1925 - 1935. He then studied fighters and when the Soviet...
The "Stormovik" is probably the best known Russian Ground Attack Aircraft of WW2. It was a virtual Flying Tank and was very heavily armed &...
Don't forget the versatile 88. It was discovered by accident that it could also take on Tanks. Luftwaffe Anti Aircraft Crews were thus trained to...
War44.com has been given permission from Sapper Brian Guy to use in parts facts taken from the book “Cameos of War” that he wrote regarding his...
Let me first start by thanking Walter for sending me by email his personal story of the days leading up to and including D-Day thru to the VE Day....
The American Airborne Landings and St Mere Eglise The Allies The overall mission of the two US airborne divisions on the morning of...
Stalin's son Jakov Djugashvili, prisoner of war (centre). Jakov, an engineer by profession, a senior lieutenant and battery commander of he 14th...
Weight: 13.8 tons. Crew: Three. Armament: One 45-mm gun with 188 rounds and two 7.62-mm machine guns with 2,394 rounds. Armour:...
Introduction The case of William Joyce must be one of the most famous treason trials in British legal history. Due to the legal issues...
The British Army The British formations that led the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 were well trained, well equipped, well supported and...
The two armies that faced each other across the beaches in the early hours of 6 June 1944 were vastly different in almost every way. One was very...
General Dwight Eisenhower was chosen as Supreme Commander for Overlord because of his success with other landings in other theatres. He had...
General Leutnant Wilhelm Richter, commander of the German 716th Infantry Division, received news of the Allied airborne landings at around...
With huge apologies to www.pegasusarchive.org , Also it's long but what could I have left out ? [IMG] Lieutenant Richard Andrew...