Many different machine guns were fielded in WWII, some better than others. Yet, these few can truly be counted among the war's best.
German businessman John Rabe, who was in the Chinese capital of Nanjing, noted the diary entry on this date "In one of the houses in the narrow street behind my garden wall, a woman was raped, and then wounded in the neck with a bayonet. I managed to get an ambulance so we can ...
Von Richthofen, commanding the German Condor Legion, quickly realised that if the gap was exploited, the Republican Forces in the area would be forced to withdraw and could be trapped if the single bridge at Guernica was destroyed by bombing. [The Spanish Civil War | AC] Germany Georg von...
The port of Penang served not only the Japanese Navy but also their German and Italian counterparts, making it one of the rare occasions where all three Axis fully cooperated militarily; 5 German submarines were stationed in Penang during the war....
The FG42 underwent extensive tests and progressed through several design stages before a final model was adopted by the German High Command. It was late 1944 before the rifle was finally introduced in combat in significant numbers. It is fitted for a bayonet, compensator, telescopic sight, and ...
In an attempt to recover the lands lost in 1940 Finland agreed to join theGerman Armyin its attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941. This resulted inBritaindeclaring war on Finland later that year. WhenAdolf Hitlerordered theGerman Armyto invade the Soviet Union on 22nd June 1941, Mannerheim...
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On December 22, John Rabe wrote that Christian Kröger and another German named Hatz were attacked when they tried to save a Chinese man who had been wounded in the throat by a drunken Japanese soldier. Hatz defended himself with a chair, but Kröger apparently ended up being tied and ...
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A typical WWI soldier would have a rifle, bayonet, and a hand grenade with them while fighting in the trenches.World War I Trenches WorksheetsThis is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about World War I Trenches across 20 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use ...