The development later in the war of the Mark V Panther, Mark VI Tiger, the King Tiger, and several variants of self-propelled guns and/or “tank killers” like the STUG III, Jagdpanther, and the Jagdpanzer IV were much more effective in every way than the panzers of 1939 and 1940. Unf...
Pianos were staples of service centers, USOs, officers' clubs, and enlisted men's clubs. Next, the Wurlitzer DeKalb Division began producing wooden aircraft components for the war effort. The size of these contracts were either smaller than the $50,000 minimum required to appear on the major ...
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II in 1939, it was called simply
With the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War looming, we have already seen a steady increase in the amount of programs related to the First World War on television. Here’s my assessment of what we have seen so far. Jeremy Paxman’s ‘Britain’s Great War’was a welcome s...
Cite this chapter Fuller, J.F. (1990). World War II Pacific. In: Thor’s Legions. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-14-0_7 Download citation .RIS .ENW .BIB DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-14-0_7 ...
World War II, the research under the FPRC was mostly done at the RAF PL/IAM, the Psychological Department of Cambridge University, and in the field by the Flying Personnel Medical Officers of the RAF flying Commands. The RAF PL/IAM advised the FPRC about the problems that required research,...
The government of New Zealand declares war on Germany. In Brussels... The government of Belgium declares its neutrality. King Leopold III assumes command of the Belgium Army.Monday, September 4, 1939 Over Germany... The first attacks by RAF Bomber Command go in against German warships in the...
World War 2 The 2nd World War clouds were at last appearing, life was beginning to change for all of us, things were never to be same again. On Sunday 3rd September 1939, everybody who had a radio set was huddled around their radio, to hear whether we were again about to go to wa...
Secretly, the Soviet Union trained German engineers and officers as well as provided bases and factories for war. In 1939, the nonaggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany allowed Hitler to proceed with his plans to invade Poland, fomenting war in Europe. Stalin emerges as a ...
Was sometimes used by officers to commit suicide ("Seppuk" to avoid capture.)World War 2 Weapons World War 2 Weapons RiflesMany of the armies entered the war equipped with World War 1 rifles. Americans were issued 1903 Springfield, bolt action. The Japanese were using a weapon that was ...