The Nazi German Navy, Kriegsmarine, was formed in May of 1935. It was formed after the passing of the “Law for the Reconstruction of the National Defense Forces”. This law brought back into existence a free-standing German army, navy, and air force, something that had been essentially ba...
Heinz Kraschutzki grew up wishing to join the Imperial German Navy's officer ranks. Yet after his service in the First World War he first joined the communist Bremerhaven Soldiers' Council before becoming a radical pacifist until his death. Using archive materials, this article highlights his ...
This law brought back into existence a free-standing German army, navy and air force, something that had been essentially banned after the end of World War I. With the end of World War I and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the Weimar Republic – the successor to ...
Germany also has dynastic ties with some of its allies. TheKing of Flanders-Walloniaand theKing of Polandare both sons of the Kaiser, with members of three other German dynasties reigning inLithuania,Finland, and theUnited Baltic Duchy: theHouse of Württemberg, theHouse of Hesse, and theHouse...
In March ‘36, the Shahdom of Iran experienced a revolution and joined the ranks of the world’s socialist powers, with rumors even spreading about an anti-British-Canadian alliance with the east Indians. In Russia, the republican government propped up by Germany had crumbled in the 30s to ...
These HDRK hewer were for the EM/NCO's ranks in the Deutschen Roten Kreuz. The blade is in excellent shiny original as found condition. This Red Cross hewer comes with its original DRK frog. The back of the frog is marked with the letter "H". Priced to sell! Just click on the pict...
Carlo Mierendorff (SPD) Theodor Heuss (National Liberals) Wilhelm von Preußen OR Hasso von Manteuffel (DVP) Joseph Joos (Zentrum) The ruling party will not change with the election, only through the Reichstag elections. In those elections, only two parties will be electable, as in the ...
F6F NAVY HELLCAT, NAZI SUBS, AND THE BAJA MEXICO CRASH SITE Footnote[4] At the time of the battle between the Admiral Graf Spee and the British warships off the coast of Argentina in December 1939 there was amongst the officer ranks a man by the name of Jurgen Wattenberg. Wattenberg would...
The Hitlerjugend (HJ) come to you today with the question: why are you still outside the ranks of the HJ? We take it that you accept your Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler. But you can only do this if you also accept the HJ created by him. If you are for the Fuehrer, therefore for the HJ...
An Outline of the Highest Military Ranks Stars & Generals – Part One: Background Stars & Generals – Part Two: One-Star General Officer Ranks Stars & Generals – Part Three: Two-Star General Officer Ranks Stars & Generals – Part Four: Three-Star General Officer Ran...