It also stated that Germany would pay for damages caused by the war, and could only have a small army with no air force, submarines, or tanks. Adolf Hitler was able to convince the German people to give him the power to improve conditions in Germany and restore the country’s strength ...
During the 1930s some men still chose to enter the armed forces after leaving school and in 1937 there were 200,000 soldiers in the British army. The government knew that this was not enough to fight a war with Germany and in April 1939 introduced the Military Training Act. The terms of...
In 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted a coup called the “Beer Hall Putsch.” He enlisted the help of World War I General Erich Ludendorff for this endeavor. The Nazi Party took inspiration from Italian Fascism, particularly Benito Mussolini’s successful “March on Rome” in 1922. Hitler aimed to ...
There are plenty of LSAs that can carry full tanks and two 200 lb people, the Skycatcher is not among them. I don’t think that there is a boom in private aviation’s future, but I don’t think it’s going away either. However, I am certain that should we expect the aircraft ...
“bouncing”) enemy fighters with all guns blazing. It was even more effective as a ground attack aircraft; it was capable of carrying as much as 3,000 pounds of external ordnance. In fact, when fully armed, a P-47 Thunderbolt could deliver about half the payload of a B-17 Flying ...
Although most picture the Stuka screaming down onto enemy tanks, trucks and soldiers, it’s arguable that the plane’s greatest successes came when it was used against enemy shipping. During the Norwegian campaign for example, Ju 87 formations sunk two destroyers, crippled a pair of cruisers...