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The Pursuit of the Afrika Korps
The battle of El Alamein had been comprehensively won. The pursuit was bungled, at least in the vital few days after the break-out. This was not the fault of the staff. For some time Freddie , Montgomery’s chief of staff, had been thinking about how to cut off the retreating Germans – the Italian infantry divisions were immobile and abandoned,…
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TO KILL AÂ MAN
Abbeville Boys by Robert Taylor. Adolf Gallands Fighter Wing JG-26 (Me109s) taking off to do combat with R.A.F. Spitfires and Hurricanes. If ever a fighter commander led the front, Adolf Galland did. He flew throughout the war, achieving over 100 air victories all on the Western Front against the top…
Oslo-Fornebu airport 1940
Hitler decided on 3 March 1940 to conduct operations against Norway prior to the start of the Campaign in the West. To that end, he directed the use of a parachute battalion. Student recommended against that, but his objections were overruled. In order not to tear apart Sturmabteilung Koch, which…
Operation Bagration – Nazi Germany’s Greatest Defeat!
Operation Bagration began on June 22, 1944—three years to the day after the German invasion. The Red Army struck in the initial phase alone with 1.25 million men, more than 4,000 tanks and assault guns, more than 23,000 guns, mortars, and Katyushas, and almost 6,500 aircraft. Army Group Center simply…
German Panzers 1943
The second main tank used by the Panzerwaffe at this time was the Pz.Kpfw. IV. Already by the beginning of June 1943 – when there were 932 Pz. Kpfw. IIIs and 1 ,047 Pz. Kpfw. IVs available – this tank was being used in the Panzerwaffe units in greater numbers…
Russian emigration in Germany – Post 1917
Many Russian emigrants left Germany in 1933, or soon after; among them were Simon Dubnov, Grigorii Landau, Semen Frank, Leonid Pasternak, Roman Gul’ and Vladimir Nabokov. Many others put their faith in the anti-Bolshevism of the new regime and did not reject it until much later, as was the case…
ROA (Vlasov’s army)
Private of the ROA (Vlasov’s army), 1942-4501 – Dutch field jacket with ROA collar tabs and shoulder straps, Heeres eagle on the right breast02 – M-40 trousers03 – dog tag04 – M-34 forage cap with ROA badge05 – boots06 – M-42 leggins07 – German main belt with ammo pouches08 –…