The book is packed full of history, myth, and dreams, with italicised sections which could be either of the latter, almost making it a triple timeline. But having read Alexandra Walsh’s other books I was not expecting this to be a simple love story and it is anything but. A final wo...
German Reich (1943) Self-Propelled Gun Battery – None Built This vehicle, known only from a single blueprint, is possibly one of the strangest tracked war machines ever designed. German blueprint HSK 3485, dated 15 June 1943, named Project “NM”, shows a monstrous and ungainly vehicle ...
Yes. The Germans dropped propaganda leaflets on the Allied soldiers who were cornered at Dunkirk. The closest example we could find to the menacing fictional flyer shown in the movie is pictured below on the left. The filmmakers appear to have dramatized it a little for the screen but the ...
who would later create the legendary fictional spy,James Bond. Fleming was a British Naval Intelligence officer assigned toOperation Goldeneye, eventually the name for his Jamaican home as well as the17thJames Bond movie. The objective of Operation Goldeneye was to closely monitor...
German Reich (1941-1942) Heavy Tank Destroyer/Bunker Buster – 2 Built The “10.5 cm K (gp.Sfl.)” (Eng. 10.5 cm cannon (armored self-propelled gun)) or “10 cm K. Pz.Sfl.IVa” (Eng. 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun IVa), more commonly known as the “Dicker Max” (Eng. Fat...
History After the fruitless invasion of Greece by Italian forces, Benito Mussolini was forced to ask for help from his German ally. Adolf Hitler agreed to assist, fearing a possible Allied attack through the Balkans would reach Romania and its oil fields, which were vital for the Germans. On...
The information contained within is mostly fictional but some parts are actually true, such as the use of the prototype vehicles from Kubinka in combat, or… Continue reading T-26s with Kremlin Armory Cannons (April Fools Fake Tank)T-34-85-I (Fake Tank) ...