German Reich (1942-1944) Self-Propelled Superheavy Siege Guns – None Built “It seemed like a good idea at the time” Times of war can lead to unorthodox solutions to unforeseen problems. Sometimes these are successful; the Duplex Drive tank, the jet engine, night vision, and reactive armo...
The Kriegsmarine can be said to have consisted of three main components between 1935 and 1945, individual naval vessels, naval formations consisting of specific types of ships, and a wide variety of ground-based units. From these three main components, the Kriegsmarine fielded thousands of ships ...
ww2dbaseIn mid-1935, amidst the protest of a small group of "alarm-mongers and scare-mongers" such as Sir John Simon and Winston Churchill, Germany and Britain engaged in the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. Throwing aside all naval limitations placed by the Versailles Treaty, and without consulti...