German Reich (1936-1945) Heavy Armored Car – 490 to 495 Built The Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (Fu) Sd.Kfz.232 (8 Rad) (Eng. Heavy Reconnaissance [Radio] Vehicle Sd.Kfz. 232 [8 Wheels]) was a heavy armored reconnaissance car developed by Nazi Germany during the mid-1930s, produced ...
“bring-back” and was obtained from the veteran’s son who stated: "My father served in the Army during WW2 and was stationed in France and Germany during the Battle of the Bulge. His main job was driving supply trucks for the 70th Infantry Division, Quartermaster Company. At some point...
The D-Day Omaha Museum is a small private museum packed with military items, uniforms and equipment that were gathered over a 50 year period by Michel Brissard, an enthusiastic military history collector who was born in 1945, the year WW2 ended. Now, the museum is run by... ...
Germany's main enemy was France and it fell when Manstein told Guderian to attack past the Maginot Line. Fall Gelb was a key element of the invasion of France in 1940. 17. What Soviet operation, part of the larger Operation Little Saturn, involved the encirclement of the German 6th Army ...
In 2001, Menard began corresponding with Vasily Bezugly, part of the Soviet force that liberated Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany, on May 2, 1945, just days before Germany’s surrender ended the war. Continue reading Occupying Nagasaki
Ludendorff s attempt to seize power in München, Germany ended ignominiously.ww2dbase[München|TH, CPC] Eleonore Baur became the only woman to participate in the Beer Hall Putsch in München (Munich), Germany.ww2dbase[Eleonore Baur|München|CPC] ...
After the war ended in 1945, Holm, Straus, Pienaar and Snoek were all arrested for high treason on the basis of conducting subversive activities against the Union of South Africa during war-time, voluntarily working with Nazi Germany in forwarding their objectives and endangering South African liv...
Believing that Germany would not be able to directly attack Britain, about half of the 750,000 children evacuated from London, England, United Kingdom since Sep 1939 had returned to their homes in the city. [London, England | CPC]1
These attacks virtually ended the war with Japan. On June 6, 1944, combined Allied forces invaded Normandy, France, and began to liberate territories held by Germany. Hitler’s army fought with the Soviet, British, American, French, and Canadian forces, and faced defeat in the event now ...