A German Heinkel bomber crashed into a house in Clacton, Essex, England, United Kingdom and its mines exploded, killing two civilians and injuring 132 others. They were the first civilian casualties of the war in England. [Clacton, England | AC]1...
Soviet 3rd and 4th Shock Armies attacked German defenses south of Demyansk, Russia, making advances but suffering heavy casualties.ww2dbase[Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive and the Demyansk Pocket|Demyansk, Leningrad|CPC] In Leningrad, Russia the Soviet Naval Staff issued orders directing the fleet and shipy...
the pilot maneuvers his Spitfire very close behind the German bomber and aligns his sights on the bomber’s tail. With a burst of fire, the bomber goes down. However, as you can see in the film, the rounds
24. What is the name of the German U-Boat commander who succeeded in penetrating the British base of Scapa Flow? From QuizWorld War ll History Answer:Guenther Prien On 13th October 1939, Prien sank the battleship Royal Oak at anchor in Scapa Flow getting through a gap in the defences....
The novel Sunniland follows a young geologist in Florida monitoring the development of a new oil well while facing a German U-boat rampage taking place in the nearby Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 1943. Event Recap Meet the Author: Mark T. Calhoun, "General Lesley J. McNair" ...
A new type of casualties was received throughout the last three months of 1944. They involved patients suffering from trench foot. 1,151 such cases were received in November, and 984 in December. On 16 December, enemy shells began landing in the immediate area, and in the evening German pl...
The South African 1st and 2nd Field Force Brigades (FFB), as soon after the battle began, became pinned down in the German Axis forces minefield by intense German machine gun and artillery fire. The South African infantrymen suffered very severe casualties. Throughout the night of 23 October,...
U-505 AND HUNTER-KILLERS IN WORLD WAR 2More than 750 German submarines were lost to all causes in World War II. Those sunk by Allied carrier aircraft represented a small share of the whole, but the influence of escort carriers cannot be diminished. Their mere presence deterred innumerable ...
War postersfrom the U.S., Great Britain and Germany Music, radio broadcasts and other audio files The V-weapons(German V-1 and V-2 rockets) JapaneseFugo bombing balloonsused by Japan to bomb USA The atomic bombsdropped on Japan by the USA to end WW2 ...
was nearly shot down twice, once by the enemy and once by his own airforce. During a return trip from the United States, his flying boat navigated off course and came close to German anti-aircraft guns in France, after this error was noticed and corrected, the aircraft then appeared on ...