German Reich (1944-1945) Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Gun – At Least 1 Vehicle Modified, Possibly 2 The occupying Axis forces in Yugoslavia during World War II were constantly under threat by the ever-increasing Partisan activities. Given that the Germans lacked production capabilities and were short...
The industry was pointed in a direction which clearly showed no appreciation of the strategic realities of war with wasted efforts in the areas of jets, rockets, and tanks like the Panther. The German “mess” centered around stupidity, arrogance and one poor choice after another, no surprise ...
Maj. Richard Bong, shot down 40 enemy planes, and that the leading British pilot, the RAF’s James E. Johnson, was credited with destroying 38 German aircraft. The World War I ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron of Germany,...
Looking diminutive in comparison with the massive Ju 290, a Heinkel He 162 Salamander is one of the captured German aircraft exhibited at various air shows after World War II. Robert F. Dorr Collection Watson and others made several test hops in the big plane. Surprised to find the Ju 290 ...
World Jewish Congress. As president of the World Jewish Congress, Mr Bronfman lobbied successfully to have Kurt Waldheim, Secretary General to the United Nations in 1971, bared from entering the USA. as he, allegedly, failed to report the facts about his war service. Waldheim would be elected...
(Russo-Japanese War), and again in the Second World War — and the Chinese also had two wars with Japan — the First Sino-Japanese War from 1894 to 1895, and also during the Second World War. So there is a history of very bloody conflict between these countries; thus is it is of ...
Jets or ex Boston Celtic Bob Mcadoo who was injury plagued in 1979, but would move on to the glitz of the Los Angeles Lakers and win 2 NBA titles in 1982 and 1985 against Boston. In 2017 Lobel would have had a field day with 2008 Boston Celtic NBA champion Rajon Rondo who haunted ...
The 19th-century church was badly damaged in World War II bombing and the remains of its spire were left standing. A modern extension was inaugurated in 1961. Berlin’s Lutheran bishop, Markus Droege, said “Berlin lives with this wound, which was created by violence and war. This church ...
LASER-wikipedia2 Austria's influence over the German states may have been broken, but the war also splintered the spirit of pan-German unity: most of the German states resented Prussian power politics. 虽然战争击破了奥地利对于德意志国家的影响,但同时也使泛日耳曼的统一精神产生了分裂:大部分德意志...
The reports also say that just 42 of the Luftwaffe's 109 Eurofighter jets and 38 of its 89 Tornadoes are ready to fly. The navy acknowledged this week that it couldn't send any of its Sea Lynx helicopters to an international anti-piracy operation because of cracks in the tails. ...