the German defenders also had the option of opening the dams nearby and flood the entire forest. Meanwhile, elements of Hodges' army besieged the city of Aachen a short distance north of the forest; Aachen became
My interest in battlefield touring was triggered by noticing that the part of Germany in which we were training in the 1980s had been a battlefield in 1757. I had always been interested in military history and both my father and grandfather had fought in the world wars. As a guide, my...
Over 60 unit types reinforce the ground and air forces of Germany, Great Britain and the Soviet Union.6 specializations for Germany, including the Panzerlehr, the Entwicklung Series, Vampir Nachtjeager and the Uranproject: Germany's endeavour to create the atomic bomb....
Dubbed Operation Barbarossa, Germany committed a huge force of troops and by August 25th, 1941 the eastern front was moving into Russia itself. Story mode takes players to major eastern front battles from leningrad, Rostov, Moscow to Stalingrad between Germany & USSR. Later it takes players to ...
WW2 Battle Front Simulator begins it’s story on June 22nd, 1941 at the Eastern Front. Dubbed Operation Barbarossa, Germany committed a huge force of troops and by August 25th, 1941 the eastern front was moving into Russia itself. Story mode takes players to major eastern front battles from ...
Germanyä western border in the autumn of 1944, as the US armies push their first troops onto German soil. From the US 1st Army's battles at the Aachen Gap and through the dank Huertgen Forest, to the US 3rd Army's tank battles in the Lorraine and capture of fortress-city of Metz...
Other participating cities include Frankfurt, Aachen, and Ulm (Germany); Gdańsk, Rybnik, and Częstochowa (Poland); Lisbon and Cascais (Portugal); Breda and Zwolle (Netherlands); Sofia and Varna (Bulgaria); Sydney and Brisbane (Australia); Oslo (Norway); Salčininkai (Lithuania); Lucerne ...
He realized it was a gamble, knowing that a failed major offensive might spell the final doom for Germany; however, "I am determined to hold fast to the execution of this operation, regardless of any risk," he said, "even if the enemy offensives on both sides of the Metz and the ...
Aachen: February 1918: offer of parole in Holland. Schweidnitz: 24thFebruary to 3rdMarch 1918: FinalEscape. Captain Jocelyn Hardy, on the right, with the Russian officer, Wasilief, with whom he escaped from Augustabad in 1915: Battle of Le Grand Fayt on 26th August 1914 in the First Wor...
You can filter by battle/campaign or country and then click on the name of an Accredited Guide to read their biography. Most Accredited Guides have contact details by which you can contact them directly. If not, or if you want to pass a message to them, please contact them via the Guild...