Entries are arranged in straight alphabetical order, regardless of whether any given entry consists of one word or more, thus: direct current direction directional direction board direct observation.The only exceptions to straight alphabetical order are a limited number of phrases which the reader would...
Klaus Wennemann. A film by Wolfgang Peterson. It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so-called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-boats have begun to take heavy losses....
German Reich (1942?) Self-Propelled Rocket Launcher – 1 Prototype Built Rockets used during the Second World War were notorious for their lack of accuracy. These were often fired in large salvos to saturate an area rather than target specific points with precision, while also having a pronounc...
(German: armored-observation-vehicle), also known as Sd.Kfz.143, was one of the variants of the common Panzer III medium tank. Although the conversion was fairly simple, it was one of the most specialized vehicles in this tank family. The Sd.Kfz.143 was designed for the artillery ...
Navy 365. In US reports, this ship is identified as an ex-Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer. US reports state that it was heavily strafed. SteamshipVaagensunk after being hit by bomb. SteamshipTopekaburning after being hit by 3 bombs and grounded. ...
The assault gun based on the Panzer IV chassis, until now called tank destroyer by the inspector general, is also to be called an "assault gun" and not tank destroyer. As long as there are no principal Führer decisions through the Chief of the Army General Staff for the naming of army...
•AU-boatisanyoftheGermanSubmarinesofWorldWarIandWorldWarII,aswellastheAustro-HungariansubmarinesofWorldWarI.ThetermderivesfromtheGermanNavy'ssystemofnamingitssubmarineswithUfollowedbyanumber,wheretheUstoodforUnterseeboot(literallymeaning"underseaboat"),theGermanwordforsubmarine.TheprimarytargetsoftheU-boat...
The U.S. Army’s Separate Tank Battalions in World War II, The Tank Killers: A History of America’s World War II Tank Destroyer Force, Panther: Germany’s Quest for Combat Dominance…There’s actually a lot more but I am not near my bookshelf right now and I know you will not loo...
"a C-47." The plane passed down the line toward the next U.S. patrol destroyer. I "passed the word" to my deck opposite on that ship by voice over the TBS. "A C-47 just passed down my port side." Moments later, I heard a muffled explosion some distance away and saw some wate...