I havent read too much about the intial battle over Poland. But I can remember that when Germany invade them they had cavalry that was horse...
The Black Sea port of Odessa was occupied by German and Rumanian forces on 16th October 1941 after a siege that had lasted since August. The...
At the head of the retreating column from 2nd SS Panzer Division at the crossroads near Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly was this 150mm Hummel self-propelled...
Armoured vehicles from British 79th Armoured Division and Sherman DD tanks from 4th - 7th Dragoon Guards, part of 8th Armoured Brigade arrive on...
Abbey, 8th June Gruppenfiuhrer Fritz Witt, commander of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend leaves the northern entrance of the...
PzKpfw IV Ausf. A, unit unknown; Poland September 1939 One of only 35 examples of this initial version to be built, this tank is finished...
Russian Mechanisation. This panoramic drawing, showing a number of Russian fighting vehicles making their way along narrow, winding terraces...
People have the idea that the winter of 1941/42 was in favour of the Russian side, that all the troubles of the Wehrmacht resulted from this cold...
From what I know from school history, Dunkirk wasn't really a battle - it was the mass retreat of the BEF and the remains of the French military....
Doies anyone know why the Germans on thier retreat from Paris did not raise the city, I have always found it curious that they left it intact?
Utah Beach was the furthest west of the five beaches designated for the D-Day landings in June 1944. Located at the base of the Cotentin...
Omaha Beach If there is one place where the Landings nearly failed, it is, of course, Omaha Beach. Although the place chosen for the...
The greatest perceived threat to civilians was aerial bombing with high explosive, incendiaries and poison gas, and in the prelude to war much...
In the post-war period the black market had come to be seen as a harmless game, typified by the antics of the roguish Private Walker in the...
Here are a few pictures that were taken while on one of our visits to Normandy. This display of Jeeps was in a farmers field at Colville sur...
Force `G', containing the ships carrying the assault waves to Gold Beach, arrived at the point from which the landing craft were to be launched...
Beginning as early as 17 February 1934, the Chief of Army Administration issued orders for the creation and application of helmet insignia...
The type of paint used on German helmets varied greatly in colour and texture. Many collectors have noted that no two German helmets ever appear...
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-Sturmbannfuhrer Fritz Vogt Fritz Vogt was born in Munich in March 1918. He volunteered for service in the SS-Verfugungstruppe in 1935 and...