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He.111H-3 Unit: 2./KG 100 Serial: 6N+CK Spring 1941. Took part in night raids to Britain. He.111H-3x Unit: 1./KG 100 Serial: 6N+BN Vannes airfield, France, July 1940. Aircraft in standard RLM70/71 painting. White identification letter âBâ repeated on vertical stabilizer, leading edges and top of the wing (? it is not clearly why âBâ is white. As I see on the…
While the âHJâ Division was still in defensive action in the Vimont sector, the situation on the left wing of the invasion front had taken a dangerous turn for the worse. Simultaneously with the containment attack by the II Canadian Corps south of Caen, the Americans had started operation âCOBRAâ…
Final Encounter (Spitfire v Messerchmitt) by Michael Turner. Wing Commander J E Johnnie Johnson, Spitfire XIV, and Major Gunther Rall, Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, over the Western Front in May 1945. A tribute to the fighter pilots of the RAF and Luftwaffe on the 50th anniversary of Peace in Europe, 1945 Since…
General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel was angry. Several matters irritated the baron on 20 December, but no more so than his subordinateâs failure to take Bastogne on the evening of the 18th. He came over to Panzer Lehrâs HQ in person and berated Fritz Bayerlein for his stupidity in…
The Americans in Rochefort put up a tough fight, but the town fell an hour after first light, with fewer than 150 of the two US infantry companies escaping. During the 24th, Panzer Lehr found themselves following the march route of 2nd Panzer Division; around Humain (north of Rochefort) they…
Panzer VI Tiger of the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503, tank number 123, winter camouflage. Near Rostov-on-Don January 1943 On 27 December 1942, OKH sent Heavy Tank Battalion 503 to Army Group Don to assist in stabilizing the front. This unit was needed to help protect Rostov so that the 1st…
 Origin: Wehrkreis VI Composition: 1944: Pz. Gr. Rgt. 60, Pz. Gr. Rgt. 156, Pz. Rgt. 16, Pz. Aufkl. Abt. 116, Pz. Art. Rgt. 146. Pz. Jag. Abt. 228, HFlakart. Abt. 281, Pi. Btl. 675, Nachr. Abt. 228, Kdr. Pz. Div. Nachsch. Tr. 66. Commanders: Oberst Gerhard MĂŒller (28. III.-30.…
German commanders kept them back as a reserve to counterattack against Soviet breakthroughs, and only…
The following information is from the excellent book by Niklas Zetterling entitled âNORMANDY 1944â. The…
The âSS Division Prinz Eugenâ was the only military unit ever assembled with men from…
Medieval Prints by Graham Turner Although firmly rooted and fairly well developed in the Rhineland,…
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