During theLondon Blitz,German planes strafed civilians in the streets. The Nazis also sought to destroy cultural heritage. After an air raid on Portsmouth in 1941,German radio propaganda boastedof having destroyed HMSVictory, flagship of British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson (although in reality ...
This model was at first made fo paratroopers as required by the Luftwaffe's RLM - an airborne tractor for paratroopers and glider-borne infantry, which was to fit inside any of these planes in service (before the Me 323 Gigant that is). It could carry two infantrymen, had a 500 kgs...
In the case of ranks, the corresponding United States rank according to function has been given, as listed in TM-E 30-451 (1 September 1943).In the arrangement of terms the single-entry method has been used. A term like advance guard, will be found only under advance and not under gua...
German Reich (1942-1945) Wheeled Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun – Unknown Number Built The Schwere Geländegängiger Lastkraftwagen 4.5t Mercedes-Benz L4500A als Flakwagen was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) used by the German military during World War II. It was built by ...
planes on August 17–18 had attacked Japanese bases at Wewak (on the New Guinea coast far to the west of Lae) and destroyed more than 200 aircraft there. On September 4 an Australian division landed near Lae, and the next day U.S. paratroops dropped at Nadzab, above Lae on the ...